Charles Burney
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving; second state of three
Dimensions
Plate: 7 1/2 x 6 in. (19.1 x 15.2 cm) Sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 1/8 in. (27 x 18.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–1677
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Sir Joshua Reynolds|Charles Burney · 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...