Bacchus amidst Solitary Rocks teaching the Nymphs to make Verses

Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Bacchus amidst Solitary Rocks teaching the Nymphs to make Verses, 1801

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
after Angelica Kauffmann RA, 1741–1807, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–81)
Title:: Bacchus amidst Solitary Rocks teaching the Nymphs to make Verses
Date:: 1801
Medium:: Stipple engraving
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Lettered, lower left: "Angelica Kauffman Pinxit | BACCHUS amidst Solitary ROCKS | teaching the NYMPHS to make verses | Beheld in a Sequester'd wood | Bacchus reherse his Song; ---Horace Book II Ode XIX | London Published by Miss Bryer No.48, London Street Fitzroy Square Jan[...] 1801."; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpsit. | BACUS au milieu des Rochers SOLITAIRES | enseignant les NIMPHES a faire des vers | Regarderent dans un bois derobe | Baccus repetant sa chanson;--- | Londre Publiee par Mad.lle Bryer No.48, London Street Fitzroy Square Jan.1er.1801."
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1977.14.19737
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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