Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after John Fisher, 1760?–1839
Title:
Memorial For Sir George Saville, Bart
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: "TO THE MEMORY OF SIR GEORGE SAVILE BART. | WHO IN FIVE SUCCESSIVE PARLIAMENTS, | REPRESENTED THE COUNTY OF YORK. | THE PUBLIC LOVE AND ESTEEM OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS, | HAVE DECREED THIS MOMUMENT. | IN PRIVATE LIFE HE WAS BENEVOLENT AND SINCERE; | HIS CHARITIES WERE EXTENSIVE AND SECRET, | HIS WHOLE HEART WAS FORMED ON PRINCIPLES | OF GENEROSITy, MILDNESS, JUSTICE AND UNIVERSAL CANDOUR | IN PUBLIC THE PATRON OF EVERY NATIONAL IMPROVEMENT, | IN THE SENATE, INCORRUPT; | IN HIS COMMERCE WITH THE WORLD DISINTERESTED. | BY GENIUS ENLIGHTENED IN THE MEANS OF DOING GOOD, | HE WAS UNWEARIED IN DOING IT. | HIS LIFE WAS AN ORNAMENT, AND A BLESSING TO THE AGE | IN WHICH HE LIVED; AND AFTER DEATH, HIS MEMORY | WILL CONTINUE TO BE BENEFICIAL TO MANKIND; | BY HOLDING FORTH an EXAMPLE of PURE, AND UNAFFECTED VIRTUE | MOST WORTHY OF IMITATION, TO THE LATEST POSTERITY! | HE DEPARTED THE LIFE JANY. THE 9TH. 1784. | IN THE 58TH. YEAR OF HIS AGE, | BELOVED AND LAMENTED. | This PRINT is Dedicated by Permission, To the Right Honble. EARL FITZWILLIAM, | By his LORDSHIPS most dutiful most obedient and greatly obliged humble Servt. | J. Fisher. | Published Augt. 22d.170. by J. Fisher York"; lettered, lower left: "John Fisher Statuary, YORK Fecit."; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpt: Historical to His MAJESTY."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection