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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), The Oath Of Viriathus, 1799
- Title:
- The Oath Of Viriathus
- Former Title(s):
- Johanni Brasiliae Principi
- Date:
- 1799
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving and stipple engraving
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "F.Vieira Junior inv | Intromissismilitum dextris in vulnera cruentata | Virginum, ad haec verba iurare, illos compullit. Per | numquam soedatum sanguinem, per inseptultum corpus | per manes is lius; corpus et sanguinem meum devoveam | in ultionem, nec desistam, quin simili vulnere cadam. | Laimundo vid. Monarchia Lusitana Lib. III. Cap. I."; lettered lower right: "F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculp. | Franciscus Vieira Junior | REGIAE CELSTITUDINIS | Beneficus devinctus | D.D.C."; lettered, lower center: "Johanni Brasiliae Principi | LUSITANICI. IMPERI. REGENTI | A.P.F. | London Published as the Act directs Novr. 1.1799. by F. Bartolozzi & Comp."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.19780
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- historical subject | military art
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38125
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