An earthenware platter printed in blue with a pattern known as Mare and Foal. Although the source print has not be identified, the center pattern resembles the work of Samuel Howitt (ca. 1756-1822), a painter, illustrator and etcher of animals. Howitt's work was used in some of the other Quadrupeds' patterns. Three of the animals in the border cartouches were copied from A Cabinet
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An earthenware platter printed in blue with a pattern known as Mare and Foal. Although the source print has not be identified, the center pattern resembles the work of Samuel Howitt (ca. 1756-1822), a painter, illustrator and etcher of animals. Howitt's work was used in some of the other Quadrupeds' patterns. Three of the animals in the border cartouches were copied from A Cabinet of Quadrupeds by John Church, 1805. From the top, clockwise, they are: a Wolf, a Long Nosed Tapir, and a Pomerian (the bull dog in the source print has been left out). The last cartouche contains an unknown animal, possibly a buffalo. The border has a band of crosshatching or diamonds surrounding the cartouches.
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