Wrestlers. Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1744.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
20 Sep. 1744
Reference:
663776i
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Description

The sculpture known as the "Wrestlers", in the Uffizi, Florence, from ca. 1680: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 20 Sep. 1744.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 35.2 x 40.5 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Luctatores e musaeo mediceo. R. Dalton del. ; F. S. Ravenet sculp. This plate is humbly inscrib'd to the Right Hon.ble the Earl of Bute, &c by his Lordships most devoted & obedient servant R.d Dalton

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 337-339, no. 94 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663776i

Creator/production credits

Bears dedication to John Stuart, third earl of Bute (1713-1792), at the time retired to private life on the Isle of Bute, subsequently Prime Minister

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

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