Patented March 28, 1871 by Richard Smith for MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan. [Saxe 2015] Slanting Shaded (1874) is an oblique equivalent.

Also sold in Germany as Italienne schattirt (Kloberg, Ludwig & Mayer), Italienne umstochen (Woellmer), Italienne umzogen (Gronau and Rühl), and Italienne verziert (Bauer, Krebs, Stempel, Gursch, John, Roos & Junge, Trennert). [Reichardt 2011]

Photo-Lettering had a phototype adaptation. [PLINC 1965] See also Filmotype Quilt and Circus.

Digitized as WF Baretto Shaded.