Three soldiers in armour rest on a rock above a coast: two try to persuade the third to carry on towards the right. Etching by J. Heath, 1787, after S. Rosa.

  • Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673.
Date:
Jan.y 1st 1788
Reference:
3048811i
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About this work

Publication/Creation

London (No. 90 Cheapside) : John & Josiah Boydell, Jan.y 1st 1788.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 27.8 x 21.8 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Three soldiers. In the cabinet at Houghton, the same size as the picture. Salv.r Rosa pinxit ; James Heath sculpsit.

References note

John Heath, The Heath family engravers 1779-1878, Aldershot 1993, vol. 1, pp. 232-233 ("James Heath received 100 guineas for this engraving from Boydell ca. 1789")
Not found in: Luigi Salerno, L'opera completa di Salvator Rosa, Milan 1975

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3048811i

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  • impression inlayed into old mount
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