A Plate From The Coalport Animal Service Depicting A Jackal
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A rare Coalport plate from the “Animal Service” 1800 - 1805
Beautifully painted against a dark blue ground, with a panel of white depicting a sharp snouted Jackal in natural colours, walking among grasses
Diameter 22.5 cm
Drawn from wood engravings by Thomas Bewick from “A general history of Quadrupeds”
"Jackal" page 320
Wear to gilding