Dr. Arne
This caricatured portrait represents a leading late 18th-century composer known for the operas and masques he composed for London's Covent Garden and Drury Lane theatres. Arne introduced female voices into the choruses of his oratorios and is remembered for "Rule Britannia," written for the masque "Alfred," and for the nursery song "A Hunting We Will Go." Bartolozzi's crayon-manner etching reproduces a sketch he made from life (Royal Collection, Windsor), showing Arne at the harpsichord. The print itself was issued fourl years after Arne's death.
Artwork Details
- Title: Dr. Arne
- Engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
- Artist: After John Nixon (British, London bap. 1755–1818 Ryde, Isle of Wight)
- Publisher: William Humphrey (British, 1742?–in or before 1814)
- Sitter: Thomas Augustine Arne (British, London 1710–1778 London)
- Published in: London
- Date: May 10, 1782
- Medium: Crayon-manner etching, printed in brown ink; proof before letters
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 7 5/8 in. (26.5 × 19.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.401
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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