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Venus and Adonis

Engraver Francesco Bartolozzi Italian
After Richard Cosway British
Publisher J. Walker British
August 21, 1778
Not on view
Venus and Adonis embrace in a landscape within this oval image engraved in stipple by Bartolozzi after a design by Cosway.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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; fourth state of nine
  • Dimensions: Plate: 9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in. (25.3 × 19 cm)
    Sheet: 12 9/16 × 9 1/8 in. (31.9 × 23.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.3131
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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