Allegory on the Recovery of the King

1790

Francesco Bartolozzi

Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815

Charles Ansell

Publisher, British, active 1784 - 1796

James Matthews

Publisher, British, active 1774 - 1814

Molteno, Colnaghi, & Co.

Publisher, British, active 1790s

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    stipple engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of James A. Bergquist in honor of Dwayne and Faith Perry

  • 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

  • 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


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