Wiliam Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Medium
Black and red chalk, varnished, on thin laid paper. Oval.
Dimensions
7-1/16 x 5-9/16 in. (17.9 x 14.1 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1955
Accession Number
55.106.5
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|John Singleton Copley|William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland · 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...