Dr. Arne
Medium
Etching and crayon manner; third state
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 7 3/16 in. (27 × 18.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.650.116
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...