Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785, Italian, active in Britain (1755-85)
Title:
Conjugal Love
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "G.B.Cipriani inv."; lettered, lower right: "F.Bartoozzi Sculps."; lettered, lower center: "CONJUGAL LOVE. | Perpetual Fountain of domestic Bliss! | Here Love his Golden Shafts employs; here lights | His constant Lamp, and waves his purple Wings. | Publish'd Octr.1st;1786, by W.Palmer No.163 Strand."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection