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Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
William Byrne, 1743–1805
Benjamin Thomas Pouncey, active 1772–1799
after Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785
and Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Title:
Adam and Eve in Paradise
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.B.Cipriani R.A. & T.Hearne. | Haste hither Eve, and worth thy sight beheld | Eastward among those trees, what glorious shape | Comes this way moving; seems another morn | Ris'n on mid noon~----"; lettered, lower right: "The Landscape by W.Byrne & B.T.Pouncy. | ---- Some great behest from heav'n | To us perhaps he brins, and will vouch safe | This day to be our guest. | Milton, Book 5th."; lettered, lower center: "The Figures engraved by F.Bartolozzi R.A. | ADAM AND EVE | In Paradise. | London Published as the Act directs by W.Byrne. No.79 Titchfield Street. 4th June, 1790."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.19694
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37976
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