Pigs
Robert Hills (Islington 1769 - London 1844)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1801
Materials
paper
Measurements
115 x 180 mm; 490 mm (Height); 360 mm (Width)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286577.2.2
Summary
Etching, Pigs, by Robert Hills (Islington 1769 - London 1844). One of two plates printed on a single sheet, by R. Hills, published 1801, London. Both etchings are of pigs, of rough-coated variety. The top plate shows three pigs in an outside enclosure adjoining a wooden shed. They are lying in deep straw. Lower plate shows two pigs lying outside under trees in a field one pig foraging. A fence runs along the back of the print.
Makers and roles
Robert Hills (Islington 1769 - London 1844), engraver (printmaker)