Frances Barton, Mrs Abington (1737-1815) as Thalia (after Richard Cosway)
Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 - Lisbon 1815)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1783
Materials
Paper, wood, glass
Measurements
390 mm (H); 330 mm (W); 275 mm (H); 200 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252150
Summary
Print, Sanguine engraving, Frances Barton, Mrs Abington (1737-1815) as Thalia (after Richard Cosway) by Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 – Lisbon 1815). Inscribed: Rd. Cosway R. A. Delint. / F. Bartolozzi Sculp. A full-length portrait of Mrs Abington as the comic Muse, standing in landscape, in classical dress with long billowing scarf and sandals, head directed and looking to right, where she is about to crown with laurel a bust of Shakespeare, on a pedestal against which is propped a lyre, a comic mask held up in her right hand, at her feet a tambourine; behind to right a tree, panpipes tied to a branch. Black and gilt frame.
Makers and roles
Francesco Bartolozzi (Florence 1727 - Lisbon 1815), engraver after Richard Cosway RA (Tiverton, Devon 1742 - London 1821), artist of the original