William Heath
Royal Zoological Garden

ArtistEnglish, 1795–1840
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Royal Zoological Garden
Datepublished December 15, 1829
PlaceEngland
MediumEtching on wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 9 7/16 × 13 13/16 in. (24 × 35.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 in. (28.9 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Parker Edwards
Object number44.511
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"The Art of Exaggeration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 July - 23 September, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left margin in pencil "ch"
on the plate bottom left "William Heath"
printed top center "NATURAL HISTORY", bottom center "ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN-PL 1st", bottom right on the plate "Pub Dec 15 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket-Sole Publisher of / W Heaths[illegible]"

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