Shooting a Leopard
Artwork Details
- Title: Shooting a Leopard
- Series/Portfolio: Foreign Field Sports
- Artist: Designed and etched by Samuel Howitt (British, Nottinghamshire 1756–1823 London)
- Engraver: Aquatint by Henri Merke (Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760–after 1820)
- Publisher: Edward Orme (British, Manchester 1775–1848 London)
- Date: January 1, 1813
- Medium: Hand-colored etching and aquatint
- Dimensions: Plate: 7 1/2 × 10 9/16 in. (19 × 26.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 7/16 in. (22.2 × 29 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1971
- Object Number: 1971.564.141
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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