Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)William Byrne, 1743–1805, BritishBenjamin Thomas Pouncey, active 1772–1799, Britishafter Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85)and Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817, British
Title:
Adam and Eve in Paradise
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Drawn by J.B.Cipriani R.A. & T.Hearne. | Haste hither Eve, and worth thy sight beheld | Eastward among those trees, what glorious shape | Comes this way moving; seems another morn | Ris'n on mid noon~----"; lettered, lower right: "The Landscape by W.Byrne & B.T.Pouncy. | ---- Some great behest from heav'n | To us perhaps he brins, and will vouch safe | This day to be our guest. | Milton, Book 5th."; lettered, lower center: "The Figures engraved by F.Bartolozzi R.A. | ADAM AND EVE | In Paradise. | London Published as the Act directs by W.Byrne. No.79 Titchfield Street. 4th June, 1790."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection