Apotheosis of Franklin (Furnishing Fabric)
Valentine Green
c.1785
Medium
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
Dimensions
100.3 × 106.7 cm (39 1/2 × 42 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
13603
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Valentine Green · 1739–1813
**Valentine Green (1739–1813)** was a leading British mezzotint engraver and print publisher whose work helped elevate the medium’s status in 18th-century Britain. Born on 3 October 1739 in Salford Priors near Evesham, Warwickshire, he initially trained for the law but abandoned it after two years in a solicitor’s office. He then studied line engraving under Robert Hancock in Worcester before movi...