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Object Type
print
Museum number
1870,1008.2328
Title
Object:
Lauretta
Description
A young woman at the top of a hill with a gnarled tree on the left, mountains in the background, weeping, turning away from an older man who stands with one hand at his heart, looking at her, while a young man kneels at his feet, an épée on the ground nearby, imploring him; in a roundel; after P J de Loutherbourg; published state. 1776 Etching and engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Francesco Bartolozzi
Print made by:
William Byrne
(landscape)
Print made by:
Samuel Middiman
(landscape)
After:
Philip James de Loutherbourg
Published by:
William Byrne
School/style
British
Production date
1776
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
379 millimetres
Width:
351 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Pair to 'The Shepherdess of the Alps' (1872,0714.135; 1872,0511.207; 1917,1208.977).
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
(1409.III)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
Jean François Marmontel
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Colnaghi
Acquisition date
1870
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1870,1008.2328