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Zelica

Maker

After
(artist)
1827-1848

(engraver)
1791-1857

(engraver)
1808-1864

Title

Zelica

Date of Production

(c.) 1850

Medium

engraving (line and stipple) and etching
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 33.1 cm
Width: 26.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.8607.2

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







Provenance

Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

Inscription: Zelica //

Inscription: Drawn by A. de Valentini. / Border by J. Marchant. //

Inscription: Engraved by E. Finden. //

Inscription: But there was one, among the chosen Maids, / Who blush'd behind the galelry's silken shades. / THE VEILED PROPHET. //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY 1986 //

Stamp: ILLUSTRATION : EX. CORNISH COLL. / ACQUIRED BY HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY, 1928; PRESENTED TO WITT / LIBRARY, 1966 //

Stamp: M2 //

Inscription: Alexandre de VALENTINI (French) //

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