A Woman Placing Flowers on a Tomb
Francesco Bartolozzi
(Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
(Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
after 1776
Medium/TechniqueEtching and engraving
DimensionsSheet: 31.4 x 21.8 cm (12 3/8 x 8 9/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark at the sides, on the platemark at the bottom, and with c. 12 mm margin at the top)
Credit LineHarvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession numberP10610
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This print and P10609 are so close as to be almost indistinguishable. It is not clear which one is the original, and which one is a deceptive copy. However, the inscription on P10609 matches the inscription described in De Vesme/Calabi, and this print has inscriptions not described in De Vesme/Calabi, so it is likely that this print is the copy.
InscriptionsEngraved in the plate, top, "Engraved for BARNARD'S New Complete & Authentic HISTORY of ENGLAND; / A Work Universally Acknowledged to be the Best Performance of the Kind, on account of / It's Impartiality, Accuracy, New Impr- ovements, Superior Elegance, &c." and at the bottom, "G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt. / An Emblematical Representation of Lady Russell's Grief and Mourning for / the Death of Lord Russell (Son to the Earl of Bedford) who was Beheaded / in Lincoln's Inn Fields during the Reign of Charles II."ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897
Unidentified artist, 18th century
1780 or after