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A seated lady reading a book, with her son at her side. The caption is a quote from the famous poem “The Seasons” by James Thomson.
Made by F. Bartolozzi after Gosway.
Medium: Delicately handcoloured stipple engraving. on wove (wove (vellin)) paper.
Sheet size: 27 x 36.8 cm (10.63 x 14.49 inch). Image size: 18.4 x 26 cm. (7.24 x 10.24 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Ligt soiling. Several small tears and paper loss in the margins, backed. Paper separation in top plate edge, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MRS HARDING-SON-THOMSON-READING | DPO-PCO-1-07
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Source: unknown, to be determined.
Biography engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was an Italian engraver, who spend most his time in London. He was born (and received his first training) in Florence. There he was trained by Hugford and Ferretti, before moving to Venice. There he came under the influence of the work of Joseph Wagner. After a short stay in Rome, he left for London in 1764. Although he is not the inventor of crayon style engraving, he is credited with popularising the engraving method. Richard Cosway (1742-1821) was a leading English portrait painter of the Regency era.
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