Flora. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
[between 1740 and 1749?]
Reference:
663730i
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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 53.2 x 31.6 cm

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Lettering

Flora in aedibus farnesianis. R. Dalton del. et fecit. A later state bears dedication to George Pitt Esq. (Wellcome Library no. 663783i)

Edition

State before 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 663730i

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