Allegory on the Recovery of the King
1790
Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815
Publisher, British, active 1784 - 1796
Publisher, British, active 1774 - 1814
Publisher, British, active 1790s

Artwork overview
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Medium
stipple engraving on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of James A. Bergquist in honor of Dwayne and Faith Perry
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Dimensions
plate: 46 × 52.5 cm (18 1/8 × 20 11/16 in.)
sheet: 46.3 × 52.8 cm (18 1/4 × 20 13/16 in.)
mount: 51.8 × 74.7 cm (20 3/8 × 29 7/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.30.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Tuer 1881, no. 1795
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1881
Tuer, Andrew W. Bartolozzi and his works. 2 vols. London: Field and Tuer; Hamilton, Adams and Co.,1881: no. 1795
1928
Calabi, Augusto, and Alessandro De Vesme. Francesco Bartolozzi. Milan, 1928: no. undesc.
Inscriptions
on monument in image: REDEVNT / SATVRNIA REGNA; lower left in plate: W. Hamilton R. A. Pinx.t; lower right in plate: F. Bartolozzi R. A. Engraver to his Majesty Sculpt.; lower center in plate: TO SIR JOSEPH BANKS BART. PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY / This Plate from the Transparency Exhibited at his House on the 10th of March 1789 / On the GENERAL ILLUMINATION for HIS MAJESTY'S RECOVERY, / is humbly dedicated by his Obedient Servant / Charles Ansell / Pub. June 4 1790 by C. Ansell No. 5 Upper Iohn Street . Fitzroy Chapel I Matthews No. 441 Strand, 7 Molteno, Colnaghi, & Co., No. 132 Pall Mall; printed on album sheet: 87
Wikidata ID
Q77262780