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Editor: This print by Francis Barlow from the Tate collection depicts a landscape teeming with rabbits, though I don't have its title or date. The overall effect is quite unsettling, considering the image of the hanged rabbits. What are your thoughts on how the imagery might be interpreted within its historical context? Curator: It is interesting you notice that juxtaposition. Consider how Barlow and his contemporaries viewed nature, not as a pastoral ideal, but as a site of production and consumption. How does the abundance of rabbits relate to ideas of land ownership and control during the 17th century? Editor: So, it's not just a charming scene, but a statement about power and resources? Curator: Precisely. Think about the emerging gentry and their impact on the landscape. This image engages with the politics of imagery, transforming the innocent rabbit into a symbol of socio-economic tensions. Editor: I didn't consider the political layers beneath the surface! Curator: Exactly! By understanding the historical and social context, we can decode how images like this one functioned within the public sphere.