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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), The Power of Beauty, 1783
- Title:
The Power of Beauty
- Date:
- 1783
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 3/8 × 8 5/16 inches (21.3 × 21.1 cm), Image: 4 13/16 × 5 3/4 inches (12.2 × 14.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right; "147"
Lettered, lower left: "G.B. Cipriani Invent."; lettered, lower right: "Frans Bartolozzi Sculpt."; lettered, lower center: "THE POWER OF BEAUTY. | Vain is your pow'r, all efforts vain will move | The Power of Beauty, sways the God of Love. | To the Countess of Harrington. | This Print from the Original Drawing by G. B. Cipriani, is with ye greatest respect Dedicated by Her Ladyships,"; lettered, lower right: "most Humble Serv. | W. Palmer."; lettered, lower center: "Publish'd Feby: 3.1783 by W. Palmer No.159 Strand."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.583
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40785
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