Pattern Source Source Description: The source print, Rhinoceros, is from A Cabinet Of Quadrupeds by John Church, 1805. The artist is Julius Caesar Ibbetson and the engraver is James Tookey. Additional Source Image: The Rhinoceros by Thomas Bewick, from his 1790 book The General History of Quadrupeds, is very similar to the source print from A Cabinet of Quadrupeds by John Church seen above. The Bewick source print references the work of both Linnaeus and Buffon, other early naturalists. The naturalists did copy from one another. |
Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares Pattern Type: Animals Featured Series Type: Quadrupeds - Hall Date: c. 1825-1830 Dimensions:
Maker: John Hall (& Sons) Maker's Mark: Description: An earthenware platter printed in blue in the Rhinoceros pattern. The animals in the cartouches clockwise from the top are an Arabian Horse, a Nylgau or White-Footed Antelope, a Stag or Red Deer, and what has been described as either a Tiger or a female Lion. The first three cartouches were copied from A Cabinet of Quadrupeds by John Church, 1805. The last cartouche... BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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