A Soldier and a Woman Kneeling over a Dead Soldier (Frontispiece to "Cato," in the Series "Bell's British Theatre")

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A Soldier and a Woman Kneeling over a Dead Soldier (Frontispiece to "Cato," in the Series "Bell's British Theatre")

Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760–1848)

1791

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 13.9 x 7.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP10525

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Calabi 1672, ii/iii; Tuer 304

Marks Verso, lower left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897