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Description: | IU, unbound volume inscr. b.l. "D. Teniers pinxt." and "{Publish'd according to Act of / Parliament March 19th.1751}"; inscr. b.r. "T.Major Sculpt:" and "No.22."; inscr. b.c. "THE GRAVEL PITS. / Engraved from an Original Painting of D. Teniers, 1 foot 2 Inches Broad, by 10 inches and a half high. / London Sold by T. Major Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales at the Golden Head in West Street" CRE MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) AFTER TENIERS, David; (Flemish; 1610-1690) PUB MAJOR, Thomas; (English; c.1714-1799) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this volume contains 44 prints after paintings primarily by Dutch and Flemish 17th century masters. The majority of the prints were etched by English engraver Thomas Major between 1744 and 1754. During this time Major studied in Paris under Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-83), tutor to many of the century's best engravers, and on his return to England developed a reputation as one of the best engravers of his day. Hunter commissioned Major to engrave an anatomical drawing for him.
This print is one of 17 after paintings by Teniers in the volume and forms a pair with "The Sand Hills" (Glaha 16932). Major had acquired both paintings, possibly in France, and sold them in April 1751 to the Earl of Egremont. Publishing the prints the same year may have been an attempt to raise interest in the paintings before the sale.
Dutch and Flemish genre scenes and landscapes were very popular among collectors in both Britain and France. Le Bas had specialised in etchings after Teniers and encouraged his pupils to do the same. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | WORK : EXCAVATION : GENRE : HUNTER VOLUME : REPRODUCTIVE : PAINTING : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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