Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), April, 1790
- Title:
- April
- Date:
- 1790
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "W. Hamilton R.A. pinxt. | Now when the first foul Lovvent of the Brook | Swell'd with the vernal rains is ebb'd away; | And whitening down their massy [linchurd] Stream | Descends the billowy foam: Now is the time,"; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpt. | While yet the dark brown water aids the guile | To lempt the Trout. The well dissembled Fly, | The Rod fine tapering iwth elastic spring, | Snatch'd from the hoary steed the floating line. | Vide Thompsons Spring."; lettered, lower center: "APRIL. | London, Pub'd. Novr.10.1790 by T. Macklin Poets Gallery, Fleet Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.19512
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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