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
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...