Sir John Gage
Francesco Bartolozzi
March 12, 1796
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 39.5 × 28.5 cm (15 9/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 44.3 × 33 cm (17 1/2 × 13 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
126200
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi · 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...