Colonel Francis Barber
Date unknown
Medium
Stipple engraving
Dimensions
Image: 11.2 × 8.8 cm (4 7/16 × 3 1/2 in.); Sheet: 29.4 × 22.4 cm (11 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
Classification
reproduction
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
274330
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Art Institute of's Prints and Drawings department, where you'll find *Colonel Francis Barber*, a delicate stipple engraving by an unknown artist. This reproduction captures the likeness of its titular subject—a figure likely of military distinction—in a compact image measuring just 11.2 × 8.8 cm, on a larger sheet of 29.4 × 22.4 cm. Though the exact date remains unknown, such prints were popular vehicles for disseminating portraits during the 18th and 19th centuries, making elite imagery accessible to a broader audience. Stipple, the medium here, is a masterful intaglio techniq...