La Signora Zamperini in the Character of Cecchina

John Finlayson, English, 1730 - 1776
after Nathaniel Hone I, Irish, 1718 - 1784

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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

Print

Research Area

Print

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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