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Description: This scarse print / plate originates from: 'A Select Collection of Drawings From Curious Antique Gems; Most of Them in the Possession of the Nobility and Gentry of This Kingdom; Etched After the Manner of Rembrandt.', by T. Worlidge, painter, published in London, 1768. Worlidge's last work was this Antique Gems, a series of 182 etchings of gems from the antique (three are in duplicate). The series was published in parts, some of which seem to have been issued as early as 1754; but Worlidge died before the work was completed. It was finished by his pupils William Grimaldi and George Powle.
Artists and Engravers: Engraver and artist: T. Worlidge: Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766) was an English portrait painter and etcher. He studied art in London as a pupil of the Genoese refugee Alessandro Maria Grimaldi (1659?1732). He painted portraits of his master Grimaldi and his master's wife about 1720. He married Grimaldi's daughter, and remained on close terms with Alexander Grimaldi, his master's son. Subsequently he received instruction from Louis Peter Boitard.
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Subject: Original finely engraved print, from a scarse and beautifully executed collection of images, strong impressions. Plate no. 75, captioned: 'Cleopatra'. It shows a bust of the beautiful Egyptian queen Cleopatra, who had romantic involvement with the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, and later Mark Antony.
Condition: Excellent given age. General age related toning and some occasional light staining or thumbing or faint foxing. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 21.8 x 29.9 cm. The image size is ca. 6.2 x 7.6 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 8.6 x 11.8 inch. The image size is ca. 2.4 x 3 inch.
Medium: Very finely etched lines and tones (possibly some mezzotint or drypoint created tones) on a verge type hand laid paper.
Location: C230-27
SKU: TPC 34502.1
Section: WORLIDGE-GEMS-1768
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