Lady Buts
June 17, 1796
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 38.1 × 26 cm (15 × 10 1/4 in.); Plate: 43.8 × 32.1 cm (17 1/4 × 12 11/16 in.); Sheet: 53.9 × 39.7 cm (21 1/4 × 15 11/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
126190
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...