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Galatea and Elico

Print
05/06/1788 (published)
Artist/Maker
Vivares, S (publisher)
Knight, Charles (engraver)
Stothard, Thomas RA (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Plate depicting Galatea and Elico.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleGalatea and Elico (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour stipple engraving with additional colour by hand
Stipple Engraving
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Print entitled 'Galatea and Elico'. Plate illustrating a scene from Jean Pierre Claris de Florin's 'Galatea; a pastoral romance'. Colour stipple engraving by Charles Knight, 1788.
Physical description
Plate depicting Galatea and Elico.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 32.7cm
  • Cut to width: 36.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Galatea and Elico' (Lettered with title and two lines of text etc. in English and French)
  • 'T. Stothard pinxt. C. Knight sculpt. London Publish'd June 4. 1788 by S. Vivares, No.13 Great Newport Street.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mrs M. V. Cunliffe
Production
Attribution note: Printed from one plate.
Subjects depicted
Galatea (Nymph)
Elico
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.125-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699342/galatea-and-elico-print-knight-charles/
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