Britannia
Medium
Etching and engraving; only state
Dimensions
Plate: 11 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (29.2 × 23.6 cm) Sheet: 16 5/16 × 12 1/16 in. (41.4 × 30.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.887-34
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Giovanni Battista Cipriani · 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...