et se Protinùs æthereà tollit inastra via. Vincent Lunardi Esqr. Secretary to the Neapolitan Ambassador, and the first aerial Traveller in the English Atmosphere.
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Object Details
Date
October 5, 1784
Type
ART-Prints, Original
Medium
Print, Stipple Engraving on Paper, Uncolored
Artist
Richard Cosway Physical Description
Uncolored stipple engraving of a portrait of Vincent Lunardi. Image shows Lunardi from the chest upwards in front of clouds. This version of the print has been cut down to the area just area just around the main image, which was then adhered to another piece of paper. Caption has been cut off. See A20140632000 for caption. (From A20140632000: "Publifh'd Octr. 5th 1784 by John Bell British Library Strand.")
"Rd. Cosway deliniavi. F. Bartolozzi Sculptr."
Dimensions
Mat: 30.5 × 25.4cm (12 × 10 in.)
Paper Backing: 18.4 × 11.1cm (7 1/4 × 4 3/8 in.)
Print: 13.3 × 10.3cm (5 1/4 × 4 1/16 in.) Inventory Number
A20140633000
Credit Line
Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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