"Bill-head for the benefit of Mr Tenducci; on the right, Orpheus standing in a cave and playing the lyre; on the left, Cerberus's heads and front legs on ground; the sea at extreme right; in an oval with a banner at top; after Cipriani."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from image., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.311., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 9 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Muse seated on clouds, lifting her left hand, holding a lyre in her right; on the right, two putti holding a trumpet and two laurel crowns; on the left, another putto holding a banner over Muse; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption in banner., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1868,0822.1269., "Aetatis suae 69" etched below statement of responsibility., Cf. Lewis Walpole Copy: on page numbered 1 in Folio 75 B28 804., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On leaf numbered 14 in a bound volume of 33 prints: Eighteenth century tickets / by Bartolozzi and others., and 1 print : engraving on laid paper ; sheet 13.3 x 16.8 cm.
"Muse seated on clouds, lifting her left hand, holding a lyre in her right; on the right, two putti holding a trumpet and two laurel crowns; on the left, another putto holding a banner over Muse; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption in banner., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1868,0822.1269., "Aetatis suae 69" etched below statement of responsibility., Cf. Lewis Walpole Copy: on page numbered 1 in Folio 75 B28 804., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page numbered 1 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Free-Masons Hall; Truth standing on clouds, holding a mirror in her right hand; rays of lights from the mirror shinning down in the hall; Wisdom, Hope, Charity and three children, seated around Truth; a winged figure holding a torch in his right hand, descending from the clouds; in foreground, a celestial sphere, a terrestrial sphere, a compass and other Masonic instruments on a table; by its side, a candle and an armillary sphere on the floor; after Cipriani and Sandby; illustration to 'Constitutions of Masonry' (London: 1785?); working proof, scracthed with artists' names."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 53 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by the society of free masons, at their hall in Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields
"Full-length portrait, seated on a chair in centre, writing a music score on a table, looking up to top right; to right, a young angel standing in profile to left, putting a crown of laurels over Handel's head; a little angel flying above them, holding a banner with Handel's name; light shining from top; pipe-organ to left; in an oval frame decorated with laurels and a banner; book-illustration to 'An account of the musical performances in commemoration of Handel'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 19 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Portrait of Joseph Haydn, half-length, facing front, seated on a chair, writing a music score on a table, holding a quill pen in his right hand; after A. M. Ott; fourth state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 592 (leaf numbered '26' in pencil) in volume 4 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act directs April 4, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"Ticket for a ball; two naked children, a boy on the right and a girl on the left, wearing draperies, lifting each other's mask; in a roundel; after Cipriani; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hanover Square
Description:
Title from caption above image., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1868,0822.1267., Sheet trimmed to plate mark; corners cut off., and On page numbered 22 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Vestris fils, as in BMSat 5905, on the same stage, is dancing in a similar pose, poised on his right toe, his back to the audience, looking over his left shoulder smiling. In his right hand is his hat, held out as before but full of notes or bills, inconspicuously inscribed "gui, £1100", and "£20,000". In his left hand he holds out a netted purse to which is attached a label inscribed "English Guineas". In place of the goose of BMSat 5897 in each lower angle of the square is an ape dressed as a dancer and with his hat held out, cf. BMSat 5903; one (left) matches the pose of Vestris in BMSat 5905, the other (right) his pose in this design."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
He danced like a monkey, his pockets well crammed ... and Oh qui goose-toe!
Description:
Title from text below image., Printmakers and artist from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with different publication line, of a print issued with the imprint "Pubd. May 16th, 1781, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand." Cf. No. 5906 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Text below image continues: ... caper'd off with a grin, "kiss my a*** & be d-d.", Campanion print to: "A stranger at Sparta standing long upon one leg ...", and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 12 of 12.
"Full-length woman seated turned to right, looking up to left while writing on an oval tablet hanging from a tree; to left, a little angel seated and reading a book; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 31 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Publisher:
Publish'd May 18th, 1793 by T. Tomkins Foster Lane
"Full-length woman seated turned to right, looking up to left while writing on an oval tablet hanging from a tree; to left, a little angel seated and reading a book; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page numbered 31 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils]., 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; oval 8.9 x 7.2 cm., Matted on 11 x 8 cm sheet with quote: "In memory of unparalleled victory"., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 18th, 1793 by T. Tomkins Foster Lane
