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Long Eared Bat

Print
01/1800 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Long Eared Bat, viewed face-on, with wings outspread; Engraving print on paper; With title, engraver's name and publishing details lettered below the image; The sheet is numbered 40 in the top-right corner and so was presumably removed from a book.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleLong Eared Bat (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving print on paper
Brief description
Long Eared Bat, viewed face-on, with wings outspread; Engraving print on paper; Engraved by Heath; Published by G. Kearsley; London; 1800.
Physical description
Long Eared Bat, viewed face-on, with wings outspread; Engraving print on paper; With title, engraver's name and publishing details lettered below the image; The sheet is numbered 40 in the top-right corner and so was presumably removed from a book.
Dimensions
  • Approx size of sheet height: 13.1cm
  • Approx size of sheet width: 22cm
Measured by DH 04/03/2010.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 40 (Numbered, top-right corner.)
  • Heath Sculp (To the right, below the image.)
  • 1800.Jany. 1 London Publish'd by G. Kearsley, Fleet Street. (Centre below title.)
  • LONG EARED BAT (Centre below image.)
Subject depicted
Other number
40 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Accession number
29638:170

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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