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et se Protinùs æthereà tollit inastra via. Vincent Lunardi Esqr. Secretary to the Neapolitan Ambassador, and the first aerial Traveller in the English Atmosphere.

Catalog Data

Artist:
Richard Cosway  Search this
Medium:
Print, Stipple Engraving on Paper, Uncolored
Dimensions:
Mat: 30.5 × 25.4cm (12 × 10 in.)
Paper Backing: 18.4 × 11.1cm (7 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
Print: 13.3 × 10.3cm (5 1/4 × 4 1/16 in.)
Type:
ART-Prints, Original
Date:
October 5, 1784
Physical Description:
Uncolored stipple engraving of a portrait of Vincent Lunardi. Image shows Lunardi from the chest upwards in front of clouds. This version of the print has been cut down to the area just area just around the main image, which was then adhered to another piece of paper. Caption has been cut off. See A20140632000 for caption. (From A20140632000: "Publifh'd Octr. 5th 1784 by John Bell British Library Strand.")
"Rd. Cosway deliniavi. F. Bartolozzi Sculptr."
Credit Line:
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Inventory Number:
A20140633000
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv93f113880-6fd6-44c1-9bfb-96bfa0dd3554
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nasm_A20140633000