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Framed Woodcock plate 14 and Ruffled Grouse and Pheasant Plate 2
Description
This originally hand-colored lithograph is from Thomas Doughty’s The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports. The work was published in Philadelphia between 1830 and 1834. This work featured the first series of color sporting prints published in America. Thomas Doughty (1793-1856) was born in Philadelphia and apprenticed as a leather worker in his youth. Around 1816 he began painting in his spare time, and in 1830 commenced the publication of The Cabinet of Natural History with his brother John. The Cabinet was issued on a monthly subscription basis, and covered topics such as natural history, sporting, hunting expeditions, and travelogues. Thomas left the publication in 1832 and traveled to Boston to further pursue his career as a painter.
Dimensions
8.5 x 9.5 inch
Frame
17.5 x 19 inch
Artist or Maker
Thomas Doughty
Medium
Originally Hand-colored Lithographs
Date
1830-1834
condition: framed and matted with some creases in the paper
Reference:
https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/251887.html?mulR=521873305%7C6