Original antique engraving with the portrait of the Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto, author of Orlando furioso, crowned with laurel and holding a sheet of paper. Lettered at the foot, Raffaelle Morghen at the left and Robert Hart at the right, with the imprint William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London & New York.
Original antique engraving with the portrait of the Renaissance poet Ludovico Ariosto, author of Orlando furioso, crowned with laurel and holding a sheet of paper. Lettered at the foot, Raffaelle Morghen at the left and Robert Hart at the right, with the imprint William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London & New York.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: after the engraving by Raffaello Morghen (1758-1833).
Engraver: Robert Hart.
Publisher: William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and New York.
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 11.0 in (19 x 28 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper with wide margins and an isolated oxidation spot, outside the image.