Mr. Dimond and Miss Wallis in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet
Medium
Stipple engraving and etching; early state
Dimensions
sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. (22.2 x 13.7 cm) (clipped impression, inlaid)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.756–1683
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Charles Shirreff|William Wyatt Dimond|Jane Tryphosa Wallis|Charles Shirreff|William Shakespeare · 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...