Print made by Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–81)
Title:
A Woman Weeping Beside an Urn
Date:
1767
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image: "Angelica Kauffman fecit, London 1767. | On the dark Bosom of the faithless Main - Where stormy Winds and roaring Tempests reign, | Far from her native Fields and friendly Skies, | In early Death's Cold Arms FIDELIA lies. | Ah! spare to tell (for she is now no more) | What Virtue, Beauty, Sweetness, charm'd before, | Here let the pensive Muse in silence Mourn | Where friendship to her Name has rais'd the sacred Urn."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection