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)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
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...