A collection of 48 etched views of Italy

Various artists/makers

ca. 1760

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: A collection of 48 etched views of Italy
Artist: After James Forrester (Irish, 1729–1775)
Artist: William Hoare (British, Eye ca. 1707–1792 Bath)
Artist: After Peter Stephens (British, active 1760–67)
Etcher: Claude François Nicole (French, Besançon about 1700–about 1783 Nancy)
Etcher: Giovanni Ottaviani (Italian, Rome 1735–ca. 1808)
Etcher: William Humphrey (British, 1742?–in or before 1814)
Date: ca. 1760
Medium: Illustrations: etching
Dimensions: 8 1/4 × 11 1/8 in. (21 × 28.3 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1972
Object Number: 1972.661.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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