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The Borghese gladiator: view from left. Etching R. Dalton, 174-.
- Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
- Date
- [between 1740 and 1749?]
- Reference
- 663863i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The sculpture known as the "Borghese gladiator", in the Villa Borghese, Rome, fom 1613 to 1805 and subsequently in the Louvre: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.
Publication/Creation
[London] : [R. Dalton?], [between 1740 and 1749?]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 52.8 x approximately 42 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Gladiator pugnans ex villa borghesia. R. Dalton fecit
References note
F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 221-224, no. 43 (no mention of this print)
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 663863i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
Where to find it
album of etchings by R. Dalton after ancient sculptures in Italy
Location Status Access Closed stores