Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85)
Title:
A Naiad
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
G.B. Cipriani inv. | Ye green hair'd Nymphs... | Attend. But Chief, thou Naiad, wont to lead | This fluid Crystal Sparkling as it flows,"; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi Sculp 1779 | ...With thydarling Vase; | That ase which Silver-Slipper'd Thetis | Vide Mason's Ode, To a Water Nympph"; lettered, lower center: "ANAIAD. | Published according to Act of Parliment Oct 1779. by F. Bartolozzi, No.1 Bntinch St. Berwick St Soho"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection