Flora. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
[between 1740 and 1749?]
Reference:
663873i
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Description

A woman holding a wreath. The sculpture known as the "Farnese Flora", formerly in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, and from 1800 in Naples (latterly Museo Nazionale): Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : [R. Dalton?], [between 1740 and 1749?]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 52.8 x 31.6 cm

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Lettering

Flora in aedibus farnesianis. To George Pitt Esq.r this plate is humbly inscrib'd by his most oblig'd & obedient servant R.d Dalton. R. Dalton del. et fecit.

Edition

State with dedication in lettering.

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 217-219, no. 41 (do not mention this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663873i

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  • album of etchings by R. Dalton after ancient sculptures in Italy

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