Brooke Lord Cobham
Medium
Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 28.5 × 19.5 cm (11 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.); Plate: 32.9 × 22.6 cm (13 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 47.8 × 35.4 cm (18 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133329
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...