About the Artwork
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
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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.
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