[Female figure seated on clouds] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Female figure seated on clouds] [graphic].
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.
Published / Created: [approximately 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Cul-de-lampe of a woman and two Spirits; a woman seated on clouds, holding two Spirits in form of naked children in her arms; the Spirit on the right, holding a enamel with both hands; the other Spirit on the left, seated facing back, counting coins; a bust of woman at extreme right; after Cipriani; illustration to the second volume of 'Marlborough gems' by Dr William Cole (1790-1791); proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Date from British Museum online catalogue copy, Cf. museum registration no. 1852,0313.41.
On page numbered 30 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
1 print : engraving on laid paper ; sheet 11.6 x 13.2.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Holland Brothers, Birmingham; March 1958.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.0 x 16 cm, on sheet 19.5 x 22 cm
Language: English

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