After Biagio Rebecca Late 18th.Century Theatrical Portrait Engraving Delpini Shooting At The Spaniard 1798 William Simson she was a favourite illustrator

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titled in coloured pencil lower right

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Mezzotint engraving published by Carington Bowles at his Map and Print Warehouse No

Signed with initials lower left and dated 1786

After Biagio Rebecca Late 18th.Century Theatrical Portrait Engraving Delpini Shooting At The Spaniard 1798 William Simson she was a favourite illustratorAfter Biagio Rebecca 1735 1808 rare late 18th. Century stipple engraving entitled Delpini Shooting at the Spaniard Published London May 1st 1798 Pall Mall. 26. 3 by 34. 4 cms sheet. Born at Rome, Carlo Delpini was the leading Pantomime artist of his day, he was engaged by David Garrick for the Drury Lane Theatre in about 1774. There, at Covent Garden Theatre, and at The Haymarket, he supplied the mechanical arrangements for the many pantomimes in