Sir Thomas Strange
March 1, 1793
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.7 × 20.5 cm (9 3/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Plate: 30.5 × 22.6 cm (12 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 44.2 × 33.8 cm (17 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133327
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...