Vignette with the Origin of Painting
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi|Benjamin West|Thomas Sandby
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon|American, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738–1820 London|British, baptized Nottingham 1723–1798 Windsor
Artist role: Engraver|Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|American|British
Date: May 1791
Medium: Stipple engraving; second state, before letters
Dimensions: plate: 9 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (23.8 x 16.5 cm)
sheet: 10 x 8 1/4 in. (25.4 x 21 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession year: 1917