published by John Boydell ( 1719-1804)
scored technique, etching / ribbed paper with watermark of the paper mill of Thomas Dupuy (1746-1823) of Auvergne; Dimension 28.3 x 21.7 cm; plate 28 x 21.3 cm; Under oval l. d.: Angelica Kauffman del[ineavi]t; middle: John Boydell exc[udi]t 1782.; p. d.: Sintzenich sculp[si]t. Under the composition : COMEDY / To the Baron Oberndorff, Minister to His most Serene Highness the Elector / Palatine, this Plate is Dedicated by His most humble & obedient Servant / H.Sintzenich.; center near bottom edge of plate: Publish'd Oct.r. 1st. 1782 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
very good condition
LITERATURE:
- Timothy Clayton, The English Print 1688-1802, Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1997, p.268; Angelika Kauffmann 1741-1807 "Eine Dichterin mit dem Pinsel", hrsg. Bettina Baumgärtel, Verlag Gerd Hatje, Düsseldorf 1998, p.75-76, cat.138,139.
Composition inscribed in an oval with a half-figure of the Muse of Comedy framed ¾ to the left, with her head facing right. It forms a pendant to the representation of the Muse of Tragedy facing the opposite direction. The engraving was first published in London by H. Bryer on May 30, 1777. The engraver, who came from Mannheim, was to be sent in 1775 by Karl Theodor Elector of the Palatinate to study engraving in London at the studio of Francesco Bartolozzi. During his apprenticeship, he produced two works, mentioned above, according to a composition by Angelika Kauffmann.
