Hawks and owls

Francis Barlow|Wenceslaus Hollar

1654–58 · Etching; only state · Drawings and Prints

In a room a large owl sits on wooden partition at right holding a dead weasel in its right claw. On the left is a little owl with a cord around its leg; above it 3 hawks sit on perches, one is hooded. after Barlow.

Artist

Francis Barlow|Wenceslaus Hollar

Date

1654–58

Medium

Etching; only state

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923