Lord Wentworth
July 1, 1793
Medium
Stipple engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 32.2 × 28 cm (12 11/16 × 11 1/16 in.); Plate: 39.3 × 32.9 cm (15 1/2 × 13 in.); Sheet: 54.1 × 41.1 cm (21 5/16 × 16 3/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
126202
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...