Britannia
Francesco Bartolozzi · 1775
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What the record supports
"Britannia," an etching and engraving created by Francesco Bartolozzi in 1775, measures 10 15/16 × 7 1/2 inches (27.8 × 19.1 cm). This print is classified within the Drawings and Prints department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which acquired it through the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund in 1917.
Francesco Bartolozzi (1728-1815) was an Italian artist specializing in printmaking. Other works by Bartolozzi held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art include "S. Pierre Regalda (S. Pietro d'Alcantara)" (1746), "Saint Roch" (1756), "Christ Praying in the Garden" (1754), "Acis and Galatea" (1787), "Bathing Nymphs" (1787), "Ariadne, Cupid and Bacchus" (1788), and "History" (1793).
Information regarding the specific provenance, exhibition history, or published literature for "Britannia" is not provided in the supplied data. The cultural context of the artwork is also not specified.
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Advertisement for Memento, Inventions Exhibition, South Kensington, 1885
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Acis and Galatea
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Bathing Nymphs
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Saint Roch
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Christ Praying in the Garden
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History
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Ariadne, Cupid and Bacchus
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