Lord Clinton
January 24, 1793
Medium
Stipple engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 21.6 × 14.6 cm (8 9/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 30.5 × 22.8 cm (12 1/16 × 9 in.); Sheet: 47 × 34.4 cm (18 9/16 × 13 9/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
133337
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...