A dying gladiator. Etching by J. Wagner after R. Dalton, 1744.

  • Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791.
Date:
20 Sep. 1744
Reference:
663766i
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Description

The sculpture known as the "Dying gladiator" or "Dying Gaul", in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, from at least 1737: Haskell and Penny, loc. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament [by R. Dalton?], 20 Sep. 1744.

Physical description

1 print : etching, with engraving ; platemark 35.8 x 51.5 cm

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Lettering

Gladiator moriens e museo capitolino. R. Dalton del. ; J. Wagner scul. This plate is humbly inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Earl of Hartford &c by his Lordship's most devoted & obedient servant R. Dalton

Creator/production credits

Bears dedication to Algernon Seymour, seventh duke of Somerset (1684-1750), who was Earl of Hertford until 1749 when he succeeded to the dukedom

References note

F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the antique, the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven and London 1981, pp. 224-227, no. 44 (no mention of this print)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663766i

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