Portraits of Lord Melcombe and Lord Winchelsea
December 22, 1781
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 5 13/16 x 7 5/16 in. (14.8 x 18.5 cm) sheet: 11 x 17 3/8 in. (28 x 44.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2714
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|William Hogarth|Richard Livesay · 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...