Frederick, Lord North
Medium
Black, red, and white chalk on laid paper prepared with wash. Oval.
Dimensions
5-3/8 x 4-1/2 in. (13.7 x 11.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1955
Accession Number
55.106.8
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|John Singleton Copley|Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford · 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...