The Seasons

1797

Francesco Bartolozzi

Artist, Florentine, 1727 - 1815

Peltro William Tomkins

Artist, British, 1760 - 1840

James Thomson

Author, British, 1700 - 1748

Medium

bound volume with letterpress text and illustrated with 21 color stipple engravings inked à la poupée after Hamilton, including 7 full page (versos blank; 5 by Tomkins, 2 by Bartolozzi), 5 headpieces (3 by Tomkins, 2 by Bartolozzi), 5 tailpieces (3 by Tomkins, 2 by Bartolozzi), and 5vignettes (by Tomkins)
Credit Line

William B. O'Neal Fund
Dimensions

page size: 47.1 x 37.5 cm (18 9/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 48.9 x 39.1 x 4.3 cm (19 1/4 x 15 3/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
Accession

1996.38.1
Catalogue Raisonné

Tuer 1881, no. 791, State -795

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry Harvey Frost (1873–1969) [book plate]; (Bromer Booksellers, Boston); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1881

Tuer, Andrew W. Bartolozzi and his works. 2 vols. London: Field and Tuer; Hamilton, Adams and Co.,1881.

Inscriptions

On flyleaf, in graphite: all plates printed in colors (less than 10 copies) binding Stagemeier & Welcker?