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| Francisco Goya after Diego Velázquez Portrait of the Infante Don Fernando in hunting dress 1778 etching British Museum |
To study every print in the British Museum would be like studying every grain of sand along the coast of California, a larger task than any single human lifetime can contemplate. At best, a few samples can be picked up, more or less at random, and held briefly to the light. Most of those chosen for this group were originally conceived as homages to the work of earlier artists.
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| Thomas Rowlandson after Giovanni Battista Cipriani Ariadne abandoned 1790s hand-colored etching British Museum |
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| Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Frontispiece (an elegant couple) after 1737 engraving British Museum |
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| John Skippe after Michelangelo Ignudo 1781 chiaroscuro woodcut British Museum |
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| John Skippe after Lodovico Carracci Three figures 1781 chiaroscuro woodcut British Museum |
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| Valentine Green after Agostino Carracci Venus and Cupid 1785 mezzotint British Museum |
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| Arthur Pond after Raphael Woman carrying jars 1734 woodcut and etching British Museum |
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| Arthur Pond after Annibale Carracci Two figures 1734 etching British Museum |
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| Francesco Rosaspina after Parmigianino Studies of heads late 18th century etching British Museum |
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| Francesco Rosaspina after Parmigianino Christ Child and young St John the Baptist 1788 etching British Museum |
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| Francesco Rosaspina after Parmigianino Figure studies late 18th century etching British Museum |
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| Francesco Rosaspina after Parmigianino Lame approaching the Temple 1788 etching British Museum |
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| Jonathan Richardson Senior Portrait of Alexander Pope in profile 1738 etching British Museum |
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| Anonymous print-maker after Rosalba Carriera Summer 18th century mezzotint British Museum |
I am grateful to the British Museum for making these images available.