Two men, an elegantly dressed gentleman in curled wig, ruffles at his wrists, and a sword, and a man in a long robe with a belt well below his waist, stand facing each other. Each is holding a small object to his eye and peering at it. The objects are...
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Subject (Name):
Stosch, Philipp von, Baron, 1691-1757, and Sabatini, Marcantonio, 1637-1724,
"Satire on postillions: a German postilion smoking a pipe, wearing a coat with a double-headed eagle on the sleeve and a horn hung from a cord at his side, holding a whip; he stands beside steps leading to the door of a building with a dog at his side...
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Publish'd as the act directs April 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Postillions, German, Pipes (Smoking), Whips, and Dogs
"Satire on postillions: an English postilion in breeches and tight-fitting boots, holding a whip stands outside an inn with a sign of "The Old Kings head. T. Golightly from Hounslow" beside a milestone "XIV Miles to London"."--British Museum online ca...
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Publish'd as the act directs April 1772 by I. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
A sketchbook of drawings of antiquities, with brief notations about the objects depicted, in multiple hands. Horace Walpole describes the volume in his 1774 Description of Strawberry Hill as "a book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiqui...
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Drawings from coins, medals, bronzes, etc. from Greek and Roman antiquities and Book of drawings of vases, bas-reliefs, and other antiquities
Description:
Pietro Santi Bartoli, Italian painter, etcher and engraver, active in Rome.
Subject (Topic):
Art, Greek, Art, Roman, Classical antiquities in art, Antiquities, Roman, Greek, Bas-reliefs, Coins, Medals, and Vases
