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Print, A Naiad (Woman Stepping into a Bath)

This is a Print. It was print maker: Francesco Bartolozzi and after Giovanni Battista Cipriani. It is dated 1802 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is stipple engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

35 × 25.1 cm (13 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed below: Ye green hair'd Nymphs … / Attend. But chief, thou Naiad, won't to lead / this fluid Crystal sparkling as it flows, / … with thy darling Vase; That Vase which Silver Slipper'd Thesis gave. Vide Mason's Ode, To a Water Nymph.

Cite this object as

Print, A Naiad (Woman Stepping into a Bath); Print Maker: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727–1815); After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (Italian, 1727–1785, active England, 1755–1785); Italy; stipple engraving on paper; 35 × 25.1 cm (13 3/4 × 9 7/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-254

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