Angelica Kauffman RA, Engraved frontispiece (Angelica Kauffman self-portrait) and letterpress title-page, 1781.
Etching and engraving ; letterpress. 215 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Engraved frontispiece (Angelica Kauffman self-portrait) and letterpress title-page, 1781
After Angelica Kauffman RA (1741 - 1807)
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215 mm
Vita Di Angelica Kauffmann Pittrice Scritta Dal Cav. Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi - Firenze: [1810]
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