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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822, British, Nine Foxes Gathered Around a Tree: an Illustration of Aesop's Fable, "The Fox who Lost His Tail", undated
- Title:
- Nine Foxes Gathered Around a Tree: an Illustration of Aesop's Fable, "The Fox who Lost His Tail"
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, with pen, in black ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 10 11/16 × 10 1/16 inches (27.1 × 25.6 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 6 1/8 × 8 3/16 inches (15.6 × 20.8 cm), Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 1/4 inches (13.3 × 18.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with black ink, (on label, matted onto mount) upper left: "S. Howitt 1756-1822. | Exch: British Country LIfe Exhibition: 1937" | (inscribed in pen, with blue ink) [A?]rt Exhibition Beureau, 1952/3"; inscribed in pen with black ink (on label, matted onto mount) upper right: "D982"; inscribed in graphite, (on label, matted onto mount) lower right: "LGP"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "French Pattern | F.g. [1 or I?] | B"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "4"
Signed in pen with black ink, upper left: "Howitt"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.934
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46983
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