Nicholas Bourbon
August 12, 1795
Medium
Stipple engraving on buff wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.5 × 25.4 cm (12 7/16 × 10 in.); Plate: 35.2 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.); Sheet: 42.9 × 34.3 cm (16 15/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
126201
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...