Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)after Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Title:
Free Natives of Dominica
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 8 1/4 inches (30.2 × 20.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in brown ink, lower center: [Young coat of arms, "PRESS THROUGH" lettered within banner] | "FREE NATIVES OF DOMINICA. | This Plate is Dedicated to Sir Wm,, Young, Bart,, | by his most Obliged and devoted Servt,, | A,, Brunias. | London, Pubd,, as the Act directs, Febry,, 1, 1780, by the Proprietor, N,,67, Broad Street, Soho."; lower right: "A,, Brunias, pinxt,, et sculpt,,"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
Publications:
Mia L. Bagneris, Colouring the Caribbean : Race and the Art of Agostino Brunias, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2018, p. 222, fig. 61, NJ18.B84652 B34 2018 (YCBA)