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Angel lifting a child's soul to heaven (The spirit of a child arriv’d in the presence of the Almighty)

author of the engraving: Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1815)

author of the pattern: Peters, Matthew William (1742-1814)

publisher: Dickinson, William (1746-1823)

date: 1787

place of issue: London (United Kingdom)

object type: print

material: paper, bistre

technique: stipple / stippling, etching

dimensions: plate imprint H 563 × W 412 mm; sheet H 583 × W 412 mm (print cut off, lower band - 20 mm - added)

signature:
bottom left: Painted by the Rev.W.m Peters of Exeter College Oxford & R.A.
bottom right: Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.
inscription:
bottom center: The SPIRIT of a CHILD arriv’d in the PRESENCE of the ALMIGHTY. / And the Lamb which is in the midst of the Throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and God shall wipe away all Tears from their Eyes./ To Her Grace Mary Isabella Dutchess of Rutland &&. This Print from a Picture by M.r Peters / is humbly Inscrib’d by Her Graces most humble and most Oblig’d Servant / W: Dickinson/LONDON, Publish’d May 21.st 1787 by W. DICKINSON Engraver & Printseller, N.o 158 Bond Street.
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not on display

National Museum in Wrocław Department of Prints 16th–19th c.

inventory number: MNWr VII-12461

copyrights to object: PUBLIC DOMAIN
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keywords: angel  |  Bible quote  |  soul  |  child  |  Italian graphics  |  Manners, Mary Isabella, nee Somerset (1756-1831) – Duchess of Rutland  |  heaven  |  palm leaf

11G (angel)  |  
71A321 (heaven)

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