Shrimps!
Medium
Stipple engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 10 3/16 x 7 5/16 in. (25.8 x 18.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
Accession Number
32.35(188)
Tags
PortraitsWomen
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|William Hogarth|Jane 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...