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Venus and Adonis

Engraver Francesco Bartolozzi Italian
After Richard Cosway British
Publisher J. Walker British

August 21, 1778

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Venus and Adonis embrace in a landscape within this oval image engraved in stipple by Bartolozzi after a design by Cosway.

Venus and Adonis, Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon), Etching and stipple engraving, printed in reddish brown ink — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Venus and Adonis

Engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)

Artist: After Richard Cosway (British, Oakford, Devon 1742–1821 London)

Publisher: J. Walker (London)

Date: August 21, 1778

Medium: Etching and stipple engraving, printed in reddish brown ink

Dimensions: Plate: 9 7/8 × 7 1/2 in. (25.1 × 19 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 9/16 in. (28.5 × 21.8 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942

Accession Number: 42.119.76

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Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1800 A.D.

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