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Italian Scenery

Maker

(artist)
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

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












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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 .

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