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A young man, accompanied by a dog, approaches a doorway holding a staff from which hang two dead herons. Two smaller dead birds lie in the foreground. The figure appears in Landseer's painting of 1834, "Bolton Abbey in Olden Time."
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Title: Falconer's Son
Artist:
After Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (British, London 1802–1873 London)
Artist:
William Chevalier (French, Paris 1804–1866)
Publisher:
Goupil & Co.
Printer:
McQueen & Co. (London)
Publisher:
Thomas Boys (London)
Date: March 26, 1844
Medium: Etching and engraving on chine collé
Dimensions:
Plate: 20 13/16 × 13 15/16 in. (52.8 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 21 7/16 × 14 3/4 in. (54.4 × 37.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number: 49.40.121
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