Lady Vaux
March 25, 1793
Medium
Stipple engraving on buff laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.9 × 21.6 cm (11 × 8 9/16 in.); Plate: 33.5 × 26.3 cm (13 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.); Sheet: 36.5 × 28.8 cm (14 3/8 × 11 3/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
154545
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...