Richard Brocklesby, physician
Medium
Black and red chalk, varnished, on thin laid paper. Oval.
Dimensions
5-7/8 x 5 in. (14.9 x 12.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1955
Accession Number
55.106.6
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|John Singleton Copley|Richard Brocklesby · 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...