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print
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frontispiece
Object Type
print
frontispiece
Museum number
1868,0808.2850
Description
Sapho throwing herself off rocks to the sea; Sapho standing, head in profile to left, looking up, holding a handkerchief in her right hand; on the right, a woman kneeling down on ground; on the left, the moon over the sea; after Cipriani; frontispiece to 'Dreams, waking thought & incidents, in a series of letters for various parts of Europe' by William Beckford (London: 1783); published state. 1782 Etching with engraving, printed in brown ink
Producer name
Print made by:
Francesco Bartolozzi
After:
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Published by:
Joseph Johnson
Published by:
P Elmsly
School/style
British
Production date
1782
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
320 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
240 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Calabi & De Vesme 1928 / Francesco Bartolozzi. Catalogue des estampes et notice biographique d'après les manuscrits de A. De Vesme entièrement réformés et complétés d'une étude critique par A. Calabi
(1649.III)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
William Beckford
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Dreams, waking thought & incidents, in a series of letters for various parts of Europe
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
William Benoni White
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1868,0808.2850