Wrestlers. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1744.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
20 Sep. 1744
Reference:
663776i
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Description

The sculpture known as the "Wrestlers", in the Uffizi, Florence, from ca. 1680: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 20 Sep. 1744.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 35.2 x 40.5 cm

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Lettering

Luctatores e musaeo mediceo. R. Dalton del. ; F. S. Ravenet sculp. This plate is humbly inscrib'd to the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Bute, &c by his Lordships most devoted & obedient servant R.d Dalton

Creator/production credits

Bears dedication to John Stuart, third earl of Bute (1713-1792), at the time retired to private life on the Isle of Bute, subsequently Prime Minister

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 337-339, no. 94 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663776i

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