Sappho. Line engraving by R. Strange, 1787, after C. Dolci.

  • Dolci, Carlo, 1616-1686.
Date:
[1787]
Reference:
543461i
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Description

Half-length to left, holding the lyre mentioned in the lettering, crowned with a laurel wreath, wearing a costume embroidered with stars

Publication/Creation

[London?] : [Sir Robert Strange?], [1787]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 41.7 x 30.6 cm

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Lettering

Grata lyram posui tibi, Phoebe, poetria Sappho. Ovid. Sappho Phaoni v. 183. E tabula Caroli Dolci in aedibus corsiniensis Florentiae. Sappho to Phoebus consecrates her lyre. Pope. From the painting of Carlo Dolci, in the Corsini Palace at Florence. Rob.tus Strange eques Florentiae delin.t a.o 1764. Atque a.o 1787 aere incidit Londini.

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Wellcome Collection 543461i

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