Pheasant Shooting
- 1800
- 31.0 x 19.0 cm
- Derbyshire Record Office
Hand colored print of two hunters standing in woodland. One aims at a pheasant in flight. In the background is a Palladian villa.George Murgatroyd Woodward was baptised in Hackney, London, in 1767, but grew up in Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire, where his father, William, was land agent to Earl Stanhope of Chevening. William Woodward was required to travel frequently in the course of his work as he was also responsible for overseeing the Earl
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Derbyshire Record Office (Matlock, United Kingdom)
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About this artwork
- Title: Pheasant Shooting
- Artist: george murgatroyd woodward
- Year: 1800
- Original dimensions: 31.0 x 19.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Derbyshire Record Office
- Main color: Espresso
- Color hue: Ochre to Sepia