La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina
John Finlayson, English, 1730 - 1776
after Nathaniel Hone I, Irish, 1718 - 1784
1769
Mezzotint on laid paper
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 12 1/8 in. (41.2 × 30.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.961.187
Geography
Place Made: Ireland, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, lower left: N. Hone pinx.t; center: Publish'd Feb.y 1st 1769 / La Signora ZAMPERINI in the Character of CECCHINA, / La Buona Figliuola, Act 2, Scene 3. / Sold by Mr. Parker, No. 82 Cornhill, & Mr. Finlayson in Berwick Street, Soho.; lower right: J. Finlayson fec.t
Exhibition History
The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Owen Robertson Cheatham and Friends Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19 through March 14, 2010.
Publication History
T.Barton Thurber, The Artful Disposition of Shades: The Great Age of English Mezzotints, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, Capital Offset Company Inc., 2010, checklist p. 20.
Provenance
R.E. Lewis, Inc., San Rafael, California; sold to present collection, 1961.
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