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Title-page to Six String Quartets, Op. 8, by Carl Friedrich Abel

Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, worked in Italy, England, and Portugal, 1728–1815)
After: Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian (Florentine), 1727–1785, active in London)
Published by: Robert Bremner (English, about 1713–1789)
1768

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 30.3 x 21.7 cm (11 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.)(trimmed within the platemark)
Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP10596
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné De Vesme/Calabi 1865, indeterminate state (lower margin is trimmed off); Tuer 901
Marks Verso, bottom left-center, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, 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