Boys Pressing Grapes

1793–98
Not on view
This print is bound in book with a gold tooled leather binding and marbelized paper boards, containing two volumes of prints, the majority of which are engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi. This print is part of Volume II, which contains seventy-three prints, mostly engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Boys Pressing Grapes
  • Series/Portfolio: Seventy-three prints engraved by F. Bartolozzi &c. from the Original Pictures and Drawings of Michaelangelo, Domenichino, Annibal, Lodovico, and Agostino Carracci, Guercino, P. da Cortona, Carlo Maratti, Elisabetta Sirani, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Franceschino &c. in the collection of His Majesty, &c., vol. II
  • Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
  • Artist: After Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Cento 1591–1666 Bologna)
  • Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
  • Publisher: Josiah Boydell (British, Hawarden, Flintshire 1752–1817 Middlesex)
  • Date: 1793–98
  • Medium: Etching and crayon-manner, printed in brown ink
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 20 5/16 × 13 3/4 in. (51.6 × 35 cm)
    Plate: 12 7/16 × 8 3/4 in. (31.6 × 22.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.659(107)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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