Portrait of the Duchess of Buccleugh and Ornament, nos. CCCCXXXII, 433, 435 ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 66) August 30, 1792 Michelangelo Pergolesi This design for a portrait surrounded by ornament is numbered CCCCXXXII, and 433, 435. The print comes from a group created and published serially in London by Pergolesi between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The complete set co
Portrait of the Duchess of Buccleugh and Ornament, nos. CCCCXXXII, 433, 435 ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 66) August 30, 1792 Michelangelo Pergolesi This design for a portrait surrounded by ornament is numbered CCCCXXXII, and 433, 435. The print comes from a group created and published serially in London by Pergolesi between 1777 and 1792. There is no title page, but a prospectus of ca. 1786 described the group as: "A great variety of original designs of vases, figures, medallions, friezes, pilasters, panels and other ornaments, in the Etruscan and grotesque style." The complete set contains 67 plates numbered 1-66 (two are numbered 56), with designs within the plates irregularly numbered 1-435 (in Roman numerals at first, with Arabic numbers later introduced). In 1801, after Pergolesi's death, four additional plates of designs were published by a bookseller Dulouchamp (or Dulonchamp).. Portrait of the Duchess of Buccleugh and Ornament, nos. CCCCXXXII, 433, 435 ("Designs for Various Ornaments," pl. 66). August 30, 1792. Etching. Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleugh (British, 1743–1827)
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