Italian Scenery
Maker
(artist)
1791-1875
(engraver)
1794-1878
Thomas Davison (printer)
(publisher)
1791-1875
(engraver)
1794-1878
Thomas Davison (printer)
(publisher)
Title
Italian Scenery
Date of Production
1820
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Height: 27 cm
Width: 16.3 cm
Width: 16.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3672
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
lava
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: above image, printed: ITALIAN SCENERY. p. 197 / try, which in itself can unite every requi- / site for holding the most distinguished / rank among the nations of Europe. But / whilst superstition and slavery hold under / their oppressive chains a half-starved po- / pulation, we can only bewail its sad des- / tinies, and lament its fallen fame.
Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: Drawn by E.F. Batty.
Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: Engraved by Rob.t. Wallis.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, later Witt inscription, typed: Elizabeth Frances BATTY .
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY .
Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: Drawn by E.F. Batty.
Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: Engraved by Rob.t. Wallis.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, later Witt inscription, typed: Elizabeth Frances BATTY .
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY .
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