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Idyll: Frontispiece to "The Poets of Great Britain, Complete from Chaucer to Churchill"

After Biagio Rebecca British
Publisher John Bell British
March 13, 1782
Not on view
A shepherd holds a crook and stands next to a seated woman crowned with and holding flowers. The oval image is surrounded by a decorative frame. Bartolozzi engraved this print to adorn one of twenty-one volumes in "The poets of Great Britain, complete from Chaucer to Churchill" (Edinburgh: John Bell, 1777-1792).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Idyll: Frontispiece to "The Poets of Great Britain, Complete from Chaucer to Churchill"
  • Series/Portfolio: The Poets of Great Britain, Complete from Chaucer to Churchill
  • Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
  • Artist: After Biagio Rebecca (British, London ca. 1735–1808 London)
  • Publisher: John Bell (British, 1745–1831 London)
  • Date: March 13, 1782
  • Medium: Engraving; second state of four
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (13.7 × 8.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
  • Object Number: 2018.839.143
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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