Afternoon's Amusement
A. Albanesi, Italian, 18th century
1777
Etching with hand coloring on paper
Image: 10 11/16 × 15 3/16 in. (27.1 × 38.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 11/16 in. (29.1 × 39.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Fine Arts Awards Fund
2007.39.4
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper left: KINGS / PLACE; inscribed, in plate, upper center: 666 [as house number]; inscribed, in plate, upper center: YOUNG LADIES EDUCATED & BOAR.D [D in superscrpt]; inscribed, in plate, lower left margin: Publishd accroding to Act of Parliament the 30. Octob.r [r in superscript] 1777; signed, in plate, A. Albanesi Sculp.t [t in superscript]; titled, in plate, lower center margin: AFTERNOONS AMUSEMENT; inscribed, in graphite, lower right margin: [indistinct]; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, upper left: 120; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, upper center: 428 [encircled]; reverse, printed sticker, upper right: RAME 0,362 / print-picture; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, upper right: 6064A / BBX; reverse, printed sticker, lower left: RAME 0,362 / print-picture
Course History
ENGL 20, Age of Satire, Alysia Garrison, Winter 2014
Provenance
A Private Collection of Prints, Oil Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings, lot 432, Bloomsbury Auctions, London, Thursday, April 19, 2007; sold to present collection, 2007.
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