Miss Farren
Medium
Color etching and stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 49.5 × 31.5 cm (19 1/2 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 55.5 × 35.5 cm (21 7/8 × 14 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
26983
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...