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H Beard Print Collection

Print
1816 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Portrait of Pietro Metastasio. Published in the Encyclopædia Londinensis.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
colour stipple engraving, colour and black ink on paper
Brief description
Portrait of Pietro Metastasio. Published in the Encyclopædia Londinensis in 1816, Harry Beard Collection.
Physical description
Colour and stipple engraved oval shaped portrait of Pietro Metastasio.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 27.5cm
  • Print size width: 21cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Pietro Antonio Dom Bonaventura Metastasio / Italian - Austrian Dramatist / 1692-1782' (Written in pencil on back of print.)
Subject depicted
Literary referenceEncyclopædia Londinensis
Summary
Portrait of Pietro Metastasio. Published in the Encyclopædia Londinensis.
Other number
F.148-12 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.3645-2009

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Record createdDecember 16, 2009
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