Francis Russell
February 19, 1796
Medium
Stipple engraving on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.9 × 17.5 cm (10 1/4 × 6 15/16 in.); Plate: 32.9 × 24 cm (13 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 46.8 × 34.6 cm (18 7/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133330
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi · 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...