Muses Crowning the Bust of Pope

Angelica Kauffman, Artist Francesco Bartolozzi, Artist Peltro William Tomkins, Engraver
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Muses Crowning the Bust of Pope

ca. 1783

Angelica Kauffman (Artist) Swiss, 1741 - 1807 Francesco Bartolozzi (Artist) Italian, 1727-1815 Peltro William Tomkins (Engraver) English, 1760-1840

Stipple engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

Plate: 6 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (16.2 × 19.1 cm) Sheet: 10 × 13 5/8 inches (25.4 × 34.6 cm)

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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S89

Public Domain

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Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Ang: Kauffmann. invt. Inscribed, lower right: PW Tomkins Sculpt. pupil of Fco Bartolozzi Inscribed, center lower margin: The MUSES crowning the BUST of POPE Inscribed, center lower edge: Published as the Act Directs 1st of March 1783. by (T.?) Watts Featherstone Buildings, Holborn

Stamp, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)

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Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Francesco Bartolozzi; Peltro William Tomkins; after Angelica Kauffman, Muses Crowning the Bust of Pope, ca. 1783, stipple engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S89.

Muses Crowning the Bust of Pope
Muses Crowning the Bust of Pope