The Flight of Mary Queen of Scots to England
Medium
Etching and engraving, printed in brown ink; fourth state
Dimensions
plate: 14 x 18 1/2 in. (35.5 x 47 cm) sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 13/16 in. (39.1 x 52.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George Hellman, 1942
Accession Number
42.65.139
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Francesco Bartolozzi|Richard Westall|Anthony Molteno|Mary, Queen of Scots · 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...