A collection of twenty antique statues : drawn after the originals etc. in Italy / by Richard Dalton Esq. ; and engraved by Messrs. Ravenet, Grignion, Wagner, Baron, &c.
Published / Created:
London : John Boydell, 1770.
Physical Description:
[1] leaf, 20 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 65 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary quarter leather and marbled boards.
Contents:
Contents, from title page: 1. The Loacoon, in the Vatican at Rome -- 2. The fighting gladiator, in the Villa Borghese at Rome -- 3. Another view of the same statue -- 4. Flora, in the Farnese Palace at Rome -- 5. Silenus, with a young Bacchus in his arms, in the Villa Borghese -- 6. A muse, in the Capitol -- 7. Hercules, in the Farnese Palace -- 8. Hercules, in the Giustiniani Palace at Rome -- 9. Apollo, in the Belvedere -- 10. The wrestlers, in the Grand Duke's gallery at Florence -- 11. The listener, in the Grand Duke's gallery at Florence -- 12. The dancing faun, in the Grand Duke's gallery at Florence -- 13. Apollo, in the Villa Medici at Rome -- 14. Antinous, in the Capitol --15. Antinous, in the Vatican -- 16. Venus of Medicis -- 17. Mercury, in the Grand Duke's gallery at Florence -- 18. The dying gladiator, in the Capitol -- 19. Egyptian woman, in the Villa Borghese -- 20. The sleeping hermaphrodite, in the Village Borghese.