Saint John the Baptist preaching to the people. Engraving by J. Browne, 1768, after S. Rosa.

He stands, holding a cross, on the bank of a stream in a rocky wooded landscape

Contains at foot the arms of the Earl of Chesterfield, with motto 'A Deo et rege', and separate etched authorship statements applying to the arms (very small and partially indistinct): "J. Quin [?] del ; J. Hall sculp."

[London] : Publish'd by Jo. Boydell, May 2 1768.

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 48.1 x 60.5 cm

Sal. Rosa pinxit. Jo. Browne sculp.t Bears number: No. 46

[State with scratched lettering].

John Wheeldon, A poetical epistle inscribed to Mr. John Browne Fellow of the incorporated society of artists on his engraving the picture of St. John preaching in the wilderness, from an original painting of Salvator Rosa, in the collection of the Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield, 2 ed., London 1769

Wellcome Collection 568294i