William Lake Price
A Brace of Birds

ArtistBritish, 1810–1896
PrinterLondon
CultureBritish
Titles
  • A Brace of Birds
Date1857
MediumPhotoengraving
DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 × 9 5/8 in. (29.2 × 24.4 cm)
Sheet (sight sheet, arched): 13 1/8 x 10 3/8in. (33.3 x 26.4cm)
Mat: 20 1/8 × 17 1/2 in. (51.1 × 44.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Meredith J. Long in honor of Louis K. Adler and Fayez Sarofim at "One Great Night in November 1992"
Object number92.459
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1992.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Marked in pencil on mat, lower right corner: "17 1/2 x 20"; Imprinted: "A Brace of Birds. Proof. Engraved from a Photograph by Lake Price. by R. Holdgate. London, Published May 1857, by the Photo-galvano-graphic Compy. Holloway."

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