Allegory on the Recovery of the King, 1790

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Medium

stipple engraving on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

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

Catalogue Raisonné

Tuer 1881, no. 1795

Accession Number

2018.30.1

Artists / Makers

Francesco Bartolozzi (artist) Florentine, 1727 - 1815

William Hamilton (artist after) British, 1751 - 1801

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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Inscription

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

Provenance

(James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.

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.