Oriental gardening [graphic].

Description

Title: Oriental gardening [graphic].
Alternative Title: Une femme, trois enfants et un génie
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.
Published / Created: [1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Three naked children: in the centre, one seated on ground, facing three-quarter to right, drawing; a winged child behind the first child, holding a torch up with his left hand; on the left, the third child with wings, putting a horn on top of the second child's head; after Cipriani; part enlarged copy of title-page to 'A dissertation on oriental gardening' by William Chambers (London: Griffin, 1772); proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title and date from title page, Cf. British Museum copy: museum registration no. 1897,1231.207.
Added title from Calabi and de Vesme: Une femme, trois enfants et un génie.
On page numbered 34 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Holland Brothers, Birmingham; March 1958.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 12.6 x 9 cm, on sheet 19.3 x 14 cm
Edition: [Proof before letters].
Language: English

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