The Right Honorable Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor
Medium
Stipple engraving and etching; fifth state
Dimensions
sheet: 23 11/16 x 17 3/4 in. (60.1 x 45.1 cm) plate: 20 3/16 x 15 3/16 in. (51.2 x 38.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
Accession Number
48.163.17
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Thomas Gainsborough|Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden · 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...