Charles Burney
Medium
Etching and stipple engraving; third state of three
Dimensions
plate: 9 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (24.4 x 14.9 cm) sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. (29.5 x 21.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–1176
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...