Lady Smith and her Children
Medium
Stipple engraving and etching; third (?) state of five
Dimensions
plate: 11 3/8 x 9 3/16 in. (28.9 x 23.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Archer M. Huntington, 1942
Accession Number
42.108
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Sir Joshua Reynolds|Lady Charlotte Sophia Smith · 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...