"Apollo; standing, facing front, holding a lyre in his left hand, raising his right hand; a banner above him, another beneath; in an oval; copy after bill-head by Bartolozzi who etched after Cipriani in 1780."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from image., Year from modern handwritten note in lower right corner., For earlier impression without title, Cf. Lewis Walpole Copy: no. 2 in Folio 75 B28 804., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 3 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Orpheus and Eurydice walking in the underworld; on the right, three dogs; on the left, a putto holding a torch and a banner; in an oval frame with palm leaves; copy after bill-head by Bartolozzi who etched after Cipriani in 1767."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title supplied by cataloger., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.264., For earlier impression without title, Cf. Lewis Walpole Copy on same page in Folio 75 B28 804, and no. 5 and 6 in Folio 75 B28 799., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in loss of design., and On page numbered 5 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Bill-head for the benefit of Mr Giardini; on the left, Venus seated on ground; two putti surrounding her, one of whom holding a torch; on the right, five putti in front of a water fountain: one playing the trumpet, one playing the lute, three singing; in an oval with a banner at bottom; after Cipriani; cut in an oval."--British Museuum online catalogue
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Title from banner below image., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.269., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 6 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Full-length portrait, seated on a chair in centre, writing a music score on a table, looking up to top right; to right, a young angel standing in profile to left, putting a crown of laurels over Handel's head; a little angel flying above them, holding a banner with Handel's name; light shining from top; pipe-organ to left; in an oval frame decorated with laurels and a banner; book-illustration to 'An account of the musical performances in commemoration of Handel'."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 19 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"A woman seated in a landscape, holding a panel and a quill pen in her right hand, pointing at the panel with her left index finger; in a roundel; title-page to 'Sancho's letters with memoirs of his life' by Joseph Jekyll (London: 1783, 1802); proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title and date from later state. and On page numbered 31 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On loose leaf before page numbered 1 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Bookplate of John Holland; a female figure wearing a helmet and holding a spear and a shield decorated with the arms of the herald painter John Holland: a lion surrounded by eight fleurs-de lis, three putti in the foreground, one putto holding a crown with a lion by the window at left."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title, state, printmaker, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and On page 3 (top right) in volume 1. Plate mark 145 x 119 mm.
"Bookplate of John Holland; a female figure wearing a helmet and holding a spear and a shield decorated with the arms of the herald painter John Holland: a lion surrounded by eight fleurs-de lis, three putti in the foreground, one putto holding a crown with a lion by the window at left."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title, state, printmaker, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "John Holland, No. 95."--Ms. note below image., and Mounted on blank verso of printed price sheet for Hogarth prints, p. xix; sheet 235 x 156 mm.
An album of engraved tickets, invitations, bookplates, and other designs, some in mulitple impressions and states, mostly black and white, with some in sepia ink and colored inks. Mostly by Bartolozzi and his pupils. Other artists and printmakers include: I.C.B., G.B. Cipriani, Edward Burney, E. Edwards, Smirk, L. Legoux, H. Bunbury, W. Hamilton, Robert Cooper, Topham, Angelica Kaufman, Anthony Pasquin [pseudo. of John Williams], M. Vdr. Gucht, A. Van Assen. Most engravings are untitled and undated; the dated tickets fall between 1776-1796 A few plates with printers and publishers named: W. Hinton, G. Graglia, Mr. Sandby, J. Sewell. Occasional contemporary annotations, including the stamped initials "M. R."