Ignatius Sancho

1802

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Oval image based on a painting by Gainsborough, 1768 (National Gallery of Canada). The print was created as a frontispiece for "Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African, in two volumes. To which are prefixed, Memoirs of his Life." First published in 1782, it was reprinted in 1802 and this print comes from that later issue (also see title page of second volume: 17.3.464).

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Title: Ignatius Sancho
Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Artist: After Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727–1788 London)
Publisher: William Sancho (London)
Author: Related author Joseph Jeckyll (British, 1754–1837)
Sitter: Ignatius Sancho (British, 1729–1790)
Date: 1802
Medium: Stipple engraving and etching; third(?) state of three
Dimensions: image: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (8.9 x 7 cm)
plate: 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (17.5 x 11.7 cm)
sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (22.2 x 13.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.756-2151
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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