Wood-engraved block
Alexander Anderson (1775—1870).
"Tees-Water Old or Unimproved Breed."
New York, ca. 1804
Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library

 
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This is one of a number of blocks engraved by Alexander Anderson held by the Print Collection. It was copied directly from the rendition of this breed of sheep made by Thomas Bewick for his A General History of Quadrupeds (1790).


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