Sir Nicholas Poines
April 6, 1795
Medium
Stipple engraving on buff wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.2 × 17.8 cm (11 15/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Plate: 35.5 × 21.5 cm (14 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 42.5 × 28.1 cm (16 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
154541
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...