Lord Bacon's Essays - Title Page
George Murray
1726 to 1750
Medium
etching
Dimensions
plate: 13.6 × 9.1 cm (5 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.14.134
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
George Murray · 1742–1822
**George Murray (1742–1822)** was an American engraver of Scottish birth who became a prominent figure in early American printmaking. Born in Scotland around 1742, he trained under the noted English engraver Anker Smith before emigrating to the United States. By the mid-1790s he had established himself in Philadelphia, where he contributed to the growing American market for engraved portraits, boo...