Jean-Marie Delatre, Dido invoking the Gods

Dido invoking the Gods, 15 March 1784

Jean-Marie Delatre (1746 - 1840)

RA Collection: Art

This is a much reduced, reversed copy of a stipple-engraving originally produced by Delatre under the supervision of Francesco Bartolozzi RA and published in 1780 by Anne Bryer (De Vesme-Calabri, no.407). This version was published in 1784 by James Gamble. The print forms a pendant to 'Penelope weeping over the bow of Ulysses' (see 04/2320) and was probably intended to be sold as a singly- issued print in its own right. The purpose in reversing the image in this smaller version might have been to achieve a more satisfactory effect when the two prints were seen together as a pair.

Delatre's print reproduces quite closely a small oval oil on copper also described as 'Dido at the funeral pyre calling on the gods' (with Derek Johns Gallery, 12 Duke Street, London, September 2000) that may perhaps be the picture that the artist exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1777 (cat. no.193).

Object details

Title
Dido invoking the Gods
Engraved by
Jean-Marie Delatre (1746 - 1840)
After
Angelica Kauffman RA (1741 - 1807)
Published by
James Gamble (fl. 1784)
Date
15 March 1784
Object type
Print
Place of Publication
London
Medium
Stipple-engraving and etching
Dimensions

108 mm x 88 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
04/2321
Acquisition
Given by Augusta Thackeray 21 June 1865

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