Italian Hand Colored Engraving by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: Based on the Original Collection of Sir William Hamilton's Ancient Vases

Two bathers lean over a footed basin, one holding up a small framed panel as if to check the view.

This hand colored engraving, based on the original collection of Sir William Hamilton's ancient vases, is after Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, from Naples, Italy, around 1791, in ink on paper. Scenes at the washing basin were a favorite subject inside Greek drinking cups, offering painters a chance to show the figure in everyday movement. Here two nude women stand at a tall pedestal basin within a black roundel, a leafy sprig at left. Light foxing spots the sheet. The image is 6.13 inches wide and 6.13 high.

Bathing, recorded in very good taste.