Princess Amelia
Medium
Stipple engraving and etching; first state of four
Dimensions
Plate: 9 13/16 × 7 3/8 in. (25 × 18.7 cm) Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 7/16 in. (38.8 × 26.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Accession Number
2018.839.139
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Sir Thomas Lawrence|Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom|Peltro William Tomkins · 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...