Lady Audley
October 1, 1793
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 28.7 × 20.7 cm (11 5/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Plate: 36 × 25.4 cm (14 3/16 × 10 in.); Sheet: 39.4 × 30.3 cm (15 9/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133335
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...