Vignette with the Origin of Painting
Artwork Details
- Title: Vignette with the Origin of Painting
- Engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
- Artist: After Benjamin West (American, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738–1820 London)
- Publisher: Thomas Sandby (British, baptized Nottingham 1723–1798 Windsor)
- Date: May 1791
- Medium: Stipple engraving; second state, before letters
- Dimensions: plate: 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (23.8 x 16.5 cm)
sheet: 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.2755
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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