Dr. Arne
Medium
Crayon-manner etching, printed in brown ink; proof before letters
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 7/16 × 7 5/8 in. (26.5 × 19.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.401
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|William Humphrey|Thomas Augustine Arne|John Nixon · 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...