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The Swiss-born artist Angelica Kauffmann enjoyed her greatest success in London and is shown here wearing a white dress and fur-trimmed mantle, her hair in a Grecian style with a tiara, as she holds a pen and a drawing. The related unfinished painting by Reynolds, made around 1777-78, was engraved by Bartolozzi in 1780.
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Title: Angelica Kauffman
Engraver:
Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
Artist:
After Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723–1792 London)
Publisher:
John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
Sitter:
Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, Chur 1741–1807 Rome)
Published in: London
Date: September 3, 1780
Medium: Stipple engraving and etching, printed in reddish brown ink; fourth state of four
Dimensions:
image: 14 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (37.5 x 28.6 cm)
21 1/8 x 15 5/8 in. (53.7 x 39.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.3.923
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