[Queen Charlotte] c. 1799

Stipple with etching | 44.2 x 30.0 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 604645

Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815)

Description

Stipple with etching of Queen Charlotte as queen. Half length with hair up, jewelled plume, pearl necklace, frilled tucker, and gown roped with pearls. Within an oval border within a cloud, supported by putti bearing garlands and a crown. Cut down, before lettering and reduction of print. For a later state see RCIN 604646. Frontispiece to Robert Thornton's 'New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus' (1799).
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815)
(engraver)

After
Search the collection Sir William Beechey (1753-1839)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom (1744-1818)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Stipple with etching

stipple with etching

Measurements

44.2 x 30.0 cm (sheet of paper)

43.7 x 30.0 cm (image)
Groupings
Category
Portrait Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
References

Other number(s)

O'D : O'Donoghue, F., 1908. Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Volume I-V, London – O'D (Charlotte Sophia) 3

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