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Print (Stipple Engraving) of Comte de Cagliostro by R. S. Marcuard after Francis Bartolozzi, Published by Torre & Co. London, 1786

Inventory Number 13213


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13213

Item type
Object
Provenance
Transferred from the Ashmolean Museum per Kenneth Clark, Keeper of Department of Fine Art in 1932. From the Hope Collection of Engraved portraits. Previously in the collection of Frederick William Hope (1797-1862), entomologist and collector of insects and engravings.
Primary inscriptions
Recto: Beneath image "Frans. Bartolozzi R. A. & Engraver to His Majesty delint." "Robt. Saml. Marcuard Pupil of F. Bartolozzi Sculpt." Title "COMTE de CAGLIOSTRO." with accompanying poem Beneath Title "London, Published Octr. 6th. 1786, for R. S. Marcuard, by Torre & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall."
Other inscriptions
Recto : Purple stamp "HO[P]E PORT. COLLE. OXFORD." Verso : Purple stamp "HO[P]E PORT. COLLE. OXFORD." In pencil "Alessandro Count of Cagliostro or Guiseppe Balsamo Italian Adventurer 1743 - 1795" In pencil "1/3"
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Coloured ink
Physical technique
Engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 374mm Width: 252mm
Inventory No
13213
Accession Number
1932-84

Description

Stipple engraving in brown ink of Comte de Cagliostro (alias Guiseppe Balsamo) from a drawing by Francis Bartolozzi, engraved by his pupil Robert Samuel Marcuard. Published for Marcuard in London by Torre & Co. of No. 132, Pall Mall, London.