Antiquités étrusques, grecques, et romaines tirées du cabinet du M. William Hamilton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger from text on item., Title continues: "... tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton, envoyé extraordinaire et plenipotentiaire de S.M. Britannique en cour de Naples.", Engravings by A. Cardon, C. Nolli, C. Pignatari, Dufrenoi after G. Bracci, F. de Grado, E. and R. Beaulieu, G.B. Tierce, A. Lamberti. Printmaker of the t.p. not identified., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Antiquités étrusques, grecques, et romaines tirées du cabinet du M. William Hamilton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger from text on item., Title continues: "... tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton, envoyé extraordinaire de S.M. Britannique en cour de Naples.", Engravings by A. Cardon, C. Nolli, C. Pignatari, Dufrenoi after G. Bracci, F. de Grado, E. and R. Beaulieu, G.B. Tierce, A. Lamberti. Printmaker of the t.p. not identified., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title page with an image of an artist riding on the back of a crow, paint brush in hand, with a sign hanging from his neck. The sign is decorated with a painter's palate and is inscribed: Nous prions fous les oiseaux grands et petits de laisser librement passer Roger Bookem allant de Douvres à Paris
Description:
Title from text incorporated into image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., 'Alfred Crowquill' and the crow-quill symbol are pseudonyms used by Alfred Henry Forrester and his brother Charles Robert Forrester., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Secondary sheet attached to print with title: Paris and Dover, or, To and fro ..., and Secondary sheet 10 x 14 cm.