Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810, French, active in Britain (from 1771)Published by William Dickinson, 1746–1823, British
Title:
Lovelace in Prison
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 17 7/16 inches (39 x 44.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "say 1/6 the hair"; on back, lower center: "Juer 243", half circle drawn above former; lower right: "(IR31/1398) 10/"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.684
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
correctional institution | gatehouse | wings | costume | hat | ink bottle | manacle | pen | portrait | man | woman | quill (feather) | papers | poet | prisoner | love | putto | oval | interior | window | chain | feathers | bars | prison | literary theme | romance (literary genre) | poem | Lovelace, Richard (1617–1657), poet and army officer | To Althea, from Prison, 1642
Associated Places:
Gatehouse Prison | City of Westminster | Greater London | London | United Kingdom | England