Antique Master Print-HURRICANE-SHELTER-Poussin-Bartolozzi-Fittler-Pollard-1803

Etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 56 x 43.4 cm. The image size is ca. 56 x 41.7 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 22 x 17.1 inch. The image size is ca. 22 x 16.4 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Hurricane’, A stormy Italian coastal scene, with a couple walking into the wind, and another small group hiding behind a large boulder. A Roman city on the cliff above. Published by R. Pollard, London, 1803. Artists and Engravers: Made by F. Bartolozzi, J. Fittler and R. Pollard after G. Poussin. Francesco Bartolozzi (1728-1815) was an Italian engraver, born in Florence. He moved to London in 1764, where he was a founding member of the Royal Academy. Robert I Pollard (1755-1838) was an English engraver and painter. At first Pollard was articled to a watch-smith, and then became a pupil of Richard Wilson. For a time he practised as a landscape and marine painter, but in 1781 he moved to London, worked as an engraver for the printseller John Harris, and established himself in a studio in Spa Fields, London. James Fittler (1758-1835) was an English engraver of portraits and landscapes and book illustrator. He was Marine Engraver to King George III. Gaspard Dughet (1615-1675), also named Gaspard Poussin / Le Guaspre was a French painter born in Rome. He was a pupil of Nicolas Poussin and the brother of Poussin’s wife.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Margins cropped to the image edge (keeping the caption below the image intact). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE MASTER PRINT-HURRICANE-SHELTER-POUSSIN-BARTOLOZZI-FITTLER-POLLARD

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