Print (Line engraving)

Museum Object Number 1957.0126.023 A

Object Name

Print (Line engraving)

Title

SCULPTURE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Jacopo Amigoni (Designer )

John Boydell, William Herbert, and Frances Bull (Publisher and seller)

Creator Notes

Appointed court painter to Ferdinand VI of Spain in 1747.

Date of Birth

c.1685

Date of Death

1752

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1766-1775

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; London Printed for & Sold by W. Herbert on London Bridge F. Bull on Ludgate Hill & J. Boydel in Cheapside.

Subjects

Allegory; Mythological

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

10.4 (H) , 14.4 (W) , 9.1 (Image H) , 13.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

26.3 (H) , 36.6 (W) , 9.1 (Image H) , 13.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 9.8 in. (24.8 cm). Plate W: 13.6 in. (34.6 cm). Chain intervals: 2.7-2.8 cm; 8 laid lines per cm.

Publisher Summary

John Boydell, William Herbert, and Frances Bull

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Countermark "IV"

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 78, pp.186-187.