Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)after Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–81)
Title:
Paulus Aemelius
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Angelica Kauffman Invt."; lettered, lower right: "Bartolozzi Sculp. | Vide Plutarch"; lettered, lower center: "PAULUS AEMELIUS. | When no PUBLIC AFFAIRS hinderd him he always attended their STUDIES and EXERCISES in short he was the most INDULGENT PARENT in ROME. | Publish'd as the Act directs April 1st. 1783 by A. Torre No.44 Market Lane London."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection