Title Page, "Sancho's Letters, with Memoirs of his Life," by Joseph Jekyll, Esq., M.P.
December 20, 1802
Medium
Etching and engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions
circular image: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm) plate: 5 15/16 x 4 7/16 in. (15.1 x 11.3 cm) sheet: 8 5/8 x 5 5/16 in. (21.9 x 13.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.464
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Ignatius Sancho|William Sancho · 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...