Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
2d of January 1744
Reference:
663771i
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The sculpture known as the "Hermaphrodite", in the Villa Borghese, Rome, from ca. 1638 to ca. 1807, thereafter in the Louvre; also known as the "Borghese Hermaphrodite", though two sculptures of Hermaphroditus have been in the Villa Borghese: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit. The mattress on which Hermaphroditus lies was sculpted by Bernini (ibid.)

Publication/Creation

[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 2d of January 1744.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 27.5 x 53.3 cm

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Lettering

Hermaphroditus dormiens ex villa borghensi. R. Dalton del. ; C. Grignion sculp. This plate is humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Lord Brook by his Lordship's most devoted & obedient servant R. Dalton

Creator/production credits

Bears dedication to "Lord Brook", i.e. Francis Greville, Baron Brooke (1719-1773), who was eighth Baron Brooke until 1746 when he was created Earl Brooke (subsequently created Earl of Warwick in 1759)

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 234-236, no. 48 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663771i

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

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