The Borghese gladiator: view from behind and left. Etching by B. Baron after R. Dalton, 1746.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
20 March 1746
Reference:
663864i
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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] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 20 March 1746.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 53.2 x 40.4 cm

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Lettering

Gladiator pugnans ex villa borghesia. To Hamey Palmer Esq.r this plate is humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient serv.t Rich.d Dalton. R. Dalton del. B. Baron sculp.

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 Collection 663864i

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  • album of etchings by R. Dalton after ancient sculptures in Italy

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