- Subject
- Print Collection
- 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
- 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.
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