Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri 1591-1666), Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) and Richard Dalton (c.1715-1791), [Eighty-Two Prints engraved ... from the original Pictures and Drawings of Guercino in the Collection of His Majesty, John and Josiah Boydell c. 1800], lacking title but retaining engraved portrait frontispiece, seventy-five (only of 82) etchings and engravings by Bartolozzi, Basire, Dalton, Vitalba and others, one plate double-page, 19th century ownership signature to front pastedown, hinges and joints cracked and weak, contemporary half morocco, heavily worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 1) While on the Grand Tour, the Earl of Bute collected original drawings by the Bolognese artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri called Guercino (1591-1666). These drawings were later presented to George III and entered the Royal Collection. George III's librarian, Richard Dalton met Francesco Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. Dalton brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 to produce engravings after these drawings; other engravers on the project included Dalton himself, James Basire Giovanni Vitalba and Lady Louisa Augusta Greville The Boydells subsequently published a second volume titled 'Seventy-three Prints' as well as an album of fifty engravings, most after Guercino. Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return.
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri 1591-1666), Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) and Richard Dalton (c.1715-1791), [Eighty-Two Prints engraved ... from the original Pictures and Drawings of Guercino in the Collection of His Majesty, John and Josiah Boydell c. 1800], lacking title but retaining engraved portrait frontispiece, seventy-five (only of 82) etchings and engravings by Bartolozzi, Basire, Dalton, Vitalba and others, one plate double-page, 19th century ownership signature to front pastedown, hinges and joints cracked and weak, contemporary half morocco, heavily worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 1) While on the Grand Tour, the Earl of Bute collected original drawings by the Bolognese artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri called Guercino (1591-1666). These drawings were later presented to George III and entered the Royal Collection. George III's librarian, Richard Dalton met Francesco Bartolozzi in Italy in the early 1760s. Dalton brought Bartolozzi to London in 1764 to produce engravings after these drawings; other engravers on the project included Dalton himself, James Basire Giovanni Vitalba and Lady Louisa Augusta Greville The Boydells subsequently published a second volume titled 'Seventy-three Prints' as well as an album of fifty engravings, most after Guercino. Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return.
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