Hand-Colored Aquatint 'American Anecdote Wolves & Boy', 1813

1813 · Views & Engravings

Hand-Colored Aquatint 'American Anecdote Wolves & Boy', 1813

Name: Hand-Coloured Aquatint 'American Anecdote Wolves & Boy', 1813
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-13740-9
Price: 270 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1813
Kind: Views & Engravings
Size: 22.2 × 33 cm (8.7 × 13 in)
Period: The Early Republic
Reference: BG-13740-9

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

American Anecdote: Wolves and Boy, an original hand-colored aquatint from Foreign Field Sports, published in London by Edward Orme in 1813. The plate is lettered "American Anecdote Wolves & Boy" below the image, with "Howitt del." and "Dubourg sculp." at the lower corners.

A boy runs along a sunlit forest path in the middle distance, glancing back over his shoulder. Wolves are closing on him from behind the trees: one crouches low by the roots of a large, twisted trunk at the center, and three more press forward through the undergrowth at the lower right. A dark spruce stands at the left, birch-like trees with yellow-green foliage fill the background, and the wolves are colored in warm browns and grays with a grassy ground beneath.

The sheet belongs to the series Foreign Field Sports, which collected hunting scenes and anecdotes from different countries; this is the plate set in North America. The aquatint ground and the fine hand coloring give the forest its depth.

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