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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), The Power of Love, 1783
- Title:
The Power of Love
- Date:
- 1783
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (21 × 21 cm), Image: 4 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches (12.4 × 14.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "148"
Lettered, lower left: "G.B. Cipriani invent."; lettered, lower right: "Frans. Bartolozzi Sculpt."; lettered, lower center: "THE POWER OF LOVE. | Thus Cupd triumphs o'er the Fair ones charms | And vanquish'd Beauty takes his to her Arms. | To the Countess of Harrington, | This Print from the Original Drawing by G.B. Cipriani, is with ye greatest respect Dedicated, by Her Ladyships | most Humble Servt. | W. Palmer. | 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:
- B1978.43.589
- 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:40791
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