Sigismunda [graphic]

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Title: Sigismunda [graphic]
Creator: Skelton, William, 1763-1848, printmaker
Contributor: Correggio, 1489?-1534, artist.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd March 1798.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Samuel Ireland
Abstract: "The princess leaning forward and to the left, resting her elbow on a casket on top of an ornate table, and her chin on her hand, weeping, pressing to her breast the heart of her lover Guiscardo, which his murderers have sent to her in a goblet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
After the original painting by Correggio.
Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, 1799.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
On page 226 in volume 3.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 14.1 x 10 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > London > 1798
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

Access: Public
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