Kaufmann & Bartolozzi prints c1783 Framed
TWO ORIGINAL FRAMED PRINTS - Kaufmann & Bartolozzi c1783
1) The Beautiful Rhodope in Love with Aesop from an Original Painting of the same size by Signora Angelica Kauffman in the Possession of Charles Boddam Jun Esq. Published as the Act Directs 5th Jan 1783 by E. M. Diemar No 377 Strand, London.
Lettered below image with artists' names: "Angelica Kauffman Pinxt / Francis Bartolozzi sculpt", title in open letters and publication line.
2) The King Psammetichus of Egypt in Love with Rhodope from an Original Painting of the same size by Signora Angelica Kauffman in the Possession of Charles Boddam Jun Esq. Published according to Act of Parliament Jan 1st 1783 by E. M. Diemar No 377 Strand. Lettered below image with artists' names: "Angelica Kauffman Pinxt / Francis Bartolozzi sculpt", title in open letters and publication line.
A Pair of stipple and etched engraved prints, printed in sanguine. Visible print area approx Height 13" x 14.5" (330mm x 370mm). Within Black Gold hogarth frames. Original full size sheet as published is folded within the frame. This was checked when cleaning. Prints are behind glass. External frame size approx 15" x 16.75" (380mm x 425mm) Knocks and scuffs to frames commensurate with age.
Stipple engravings by Francesco Bartolozzi after Angelica Kauffman. Bartolozzi was born in Florence but migrated to England, and in 1768 was elected as a founding member of the Royal Academy in London (the RA did not admit engravers at this time but made an exception in his case, getting around the rules by electing Bartolozzi as a painter). He was already hailed as the best engraver in Italy when he met George III's librarian Richard Dalton in 1763. Dalton enticed Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines.
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