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Engraver Francesco Bartolozzi Italian
After Richard Cosway British
Publisher J. Walker British
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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.
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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
Object Number: 42.119.76
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