Description of four capital pictures by Titian, after the cantos of Petrarch, styled, The Triumphs of Time, of Fame, of Religion, and of Death. In a letter, to a friend.
Probable date taken from top of page 3, where the opening letter is dated, 'Naples, February 15, 1774.' Sometimes attributed to William Hamilton.
References
ESTC, T138567
Reproductions
Also available as an electronic reproduction: Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Owner's signature in ink[?] above text on page 5: 'CG Dyer'
Part of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA presented by Mrs Rodwell in 1937 (see RA Annual Report for 1937, p. 55).
Bound (9) in vol. VI of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA.
Binding Note
In green quarter-bound leather; spine with two red leather labels, both lettered in gilt, the first as 'Miscellaneous' and the second as 'Vol. / VI'.