The Apollino. Etching by R. Dalton, 1746.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
28 March 1746
Reference:
663940i
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Description

The sculpture of Apollo known as the "Apollino", in the Villa Medici in Rome from at least 1704 to 1769 and subsequently in the Tribuna of the Uffizi: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 28 March 1746.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 51.7 x 35.2 cm

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Lettering

Apollo e villa medicea. To the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Barrington. This plate is humbly inscrib'd by his Lordships most devoted & obedient servant, R. Dalton. R. Dalton del. S.F. Ravenet 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. 146-148, no. 7 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663940i

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

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