published as the act directs Mayth [sic] 25, 1780.
Call Number:
780.05.25.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Artist and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sitter identified in British Museum catalogue as possibly Gaetano Manini, painter, of Milan, Italy, or Magnini, a picture dealer.
"Satire on the gullibility of Englishmen travelling abroad; an Italian dealer at right showing a framed painting supposedly by Guido Reni representing Mary Magdalene to a young Englishman and his advisor at left; paintings attributed to old masters on the walls behind: Titian, Carracci, Rubens, Rosa, Parmigianino, Teniers."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Italian picture dealers humbugging My Lord Anglaise
Description:
Title etched below image., Final two digits of year at end of printmaker's signature are obscured with crosshatching., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 13 of volume 12 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 30, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Topic):
Art dealers, Dandies, Quizzing glasses, and Paintings
