Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Hancarville, Pierre d', 1719-1805
Title:
Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton, His Britannick Maiesty's envoy extraordinary at the Court of Naples = Antiquités etrusques, grecques et romaines tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton, envoyé extraordinaire de S.M. Britannique en Cour de Naples.
Alternate Title(s):
Antiquités etrusques, grecques et romaines tireés du cabinet de M. Hamilton, envoyé extraordinaire de S.M. Britannique en Cour de Naples
Published / Created:
Naples : [Imprimé a Naples par François Morelli], MDCCLXVI-MDCCLVII [1766-1767]
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations (some color, some folded) ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Clive Caplan
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Text by Pierre Franco̧is Hugues D'Hancarville, who signs the preface.
Subject Terms:
Vase-painting, Greek. | Vase-painting, Etruscan. | Vases, Etruscan. | Vases, Greek. | Vases, Roman. | Classical antiquities. | Vases -- Private collections. | Italy -- Antiquities. | Courteuille, Augustini -- Bookplate. | Villain, Alexandre -- Provenance. | Percier, Charles, 1764–1838 -- Provenance. | Portarlington, John Dawson, Earl, 1781–1845 -- Ownership. | Quecq, T. E. -- Autograph, 1848.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1766-1767. | Engravings -- 1766-1767. | Etchings -- 1766-1767. | Armorial bookplates.
Contributors:
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730–1803. | Cardon, Antoine Alexandre, 1739–1822, engraver. | Nolli, Carlo, -approximately 1770, engraver. | Pignatari, Carmine, engraver. | Grado, Filippo de. | Dufrenoi, engraver. | Bracci, Giuseppe. | Beaulieu, Edmondo. | Tierce, Jean-Baptiste, 1737–1794. | Lamberti, Aniel. | Beaulieu, R. | Morelli, Franco̧is, active 1766–1767, publisher.