[The cock] [graphic] / Barlow pinxit ; W. Hollar sculp.
1655
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Title
[The cock] [graphic] / Barlow pinxit ; W. Hollar sculp.
Created/published
[London] : [s.n.], [after 1655]
Description
1 print : etching ; platemark 134 x 193 mm, on sheet 143 x 202 mm
Material base
paper
Summary
"In corner, the cock stands on one leg facing left. A hen is sitting on a nest on left, with another hen standing behind. In foreground are chicks, one on left, two in corner, and three on a platter at right." --Pennington.
Note
Title from Pennington.
According to New Hollstein, part of series entitled Diversae avium species, first published by an unknown publisher (date unknown, but from Hollar's second English period (1652-1677), and subsequently by William Faithorne in 1658, P. Tempest (date unknown), and E. Cooper (date unknown).
New Hollstein indicates that this design is based on Francis Barlow's painting "Domestic cock, hens, and chicks," signed and dated 1655 (now in the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art).
According to New Hollstein, part of series entitled Diversae avium species, first published by an unknown publisher (date unknown, but from Hollar's second English period (1652-1677), and subsequently by William Faithorne in 1658, P. Tempest (date unknown), and E. Cooper (date unknown).
New Hollstein indicates that this design is based on Francis Barlow's painting "Domestic cock, hens, and chicks," signed and dated 1655 (now in the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art).
Cited/described in
Pennington, R. Descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 2128
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Hollar 1656
New Hollstein German etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Hollar 1656
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
ART 248- 126 (size XS)
Folger accession
248126