Physical Qualities
Stipple engraving, Image (suface within border): 96 × 75 mm. (3 3/4 × 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1946.112.6599
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore
Inscribed: In lower margin at right, just below engraved surface, "F. Bartolozzi Sculpt." In lower margin at left "G. B. Cipriani invt." Lower in center, the title. Below "Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even/ and opens in each heart a little heaven." At bottom of plate "Publish'd May 17, 1782 by W. Palmer No. 159. Strand."
Markings: Claghorn stamp on back
Artist
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
Italian, 1727-1785; active in Britian
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