Sir Simon George (of Cornwall)
August 11, 1796
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.6 × 18.3 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/4 in.); Plate: 32.5 × 23.8 cm (12 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 40.9 × 29.8 cm (16 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133338
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...