Dividing of the Booty, 1781

  • John Boydell, English, 1719-1804
  • Francesco Simonini, Italian, 1686-1753
  • François Vivarès, French, 1709-1780

Etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15 7/8 × 19 3/4 inches (40.3 × 50.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1201

Inscribed, in plate, lower right: F. Vivares Sculpt. Inscribed, lower left: Francisco Simonini pinxt. Inscribed, lower left center: La divisione delle Preda. Inscribed, lower right center: The Dividing the Booty. (sic) Inscribed, center lower edge: Engraved from an Original Picture of Francisco Simonini, in the possession of Mr. Panton Beten Inscribed, lower left edge: Published 1st Feby 1781 by John Boydell Inscribed, lower right edge: Engraver in Cheapside London.

July 1886, H.W. Lord. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

François Vivarès; after Francesco Simonini, Dividing of the Booty, 1781, etching and engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1201.