Image
Description
Maker
Johann Gottlieb Facius (English, b. 1750)
Georg Sigmund Facius (English, b. 1750), designer
After Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741-1807), associated artist/maker
John Boydell (British, 1719-1804), publisher
Title
Sappho Inspired by Love, Composes an Ode to Venus
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
stipple engraving (printing process)Supports
Dimensions
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34 x 25.6 cm (13 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches) (plate)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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In Plate--Inscribed, LL:Angelica Kauffman Pinxit; inscribed, LC:John Boydell excudit 1778/SAPPHO, inspired by Love, composes an Ode to VENUS./Published May 1st 1778 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London; inscribed, LR:G.S et I.G.Facius Sculpsit.
Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle.
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell
Object Number
09.760 Type
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
Georg Sigmund Facius (English, b. 1750), designer
After Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741-1807), associated artist/maker
John Boydell (British, 1719-1804), publisher
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