Mrs. Abington as Thalia
Medium
Stipple engraving and etching; working proof, printed in brown ink
Dimensions
Plate: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (27.3 x 21.6 cm) Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 13/16 in. (28.9 × 22.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.500.888
Tags
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Richard Cosway|Simon Watts|Frances Abington|William Shakespeare · 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...