Il Mercurio Italico [graphic]

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Title: Il Mercurio Italico [graphic]
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Burney, Edward Francis, 1760-1848, artist.
Published / Created: [31 January 1789]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Jany. 31st, 1789, for E. Sastres
Abstract: "Minerva and Italy; on the right, Minerva standing, in profile to left, stretching her right arm towards left; on the left, Italy, in form of a woman, seated on ground, in profile to right, taking Minerva's hand; in the centre, Mercury facing front, flying in the air; St Peter's Basilica and Colosseum in background; after Edward Francis Burney; frontispiece to 'Il Mercurio italico' by Francesco Sastres (London: 1789); open-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from image.
Lettered above image with title, "Vide p.18."
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On page numbered 41 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 : sheet 11.0 x 13 cm
Edition: [3rd state].
Language: English

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