Advertisement for Memento, Inventions Exhibition, South Kensington, 1885
Francesco Bartolozzi
ca. 1885
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 13/16 × 7 1/2 in. (22.4 × 19 cm) Plate: 6 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (17.4 × 14 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926
Accession Number
26.28.254
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi · 1727–1815
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727–1815) was an Italian engraver whose most productive period was spent in London, where he became the leading exponent of stipple engraving and a founding member of the Royal Academy. Born in Florence and trained first as a painter before turning to engraving in Venice, he established his reputation in Rome before being recruited by the English Royal Librarian Richard Dalt...