Sir Henry Clinton (1730-1795) politician and army officer; Governor of Gibraltar 1794

Location

Country: Gibraltar
City: Gibraltar
Place: Governor's Residence, The Convent

Francesco Bartolozzi was born in Italy. He became a pupil of the German painter and printmaker Joseph Wagner, then based in Venice. In 1764, he was invited to England by Frederick Augusta Barnard, King George III's Librarian. Although best known for copying Old Master drawings in the stipple technique (such as his reproductions of Guercino’s drawings in the Royal Collection), Bartolozzi also engraved plates after contemporary artists (notably Giovanni Battista Cipriani and Angelica Kauffmann). He set up a studio in London, which produced large numbers of ‘furniture prints’ (generally set within a roundel or oval and intended for framing). In 1802 he left England to become Director of the Lisbon Academy in Portugal.

People

Sir Henry Clinton (1730 - 1795)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, 18th century costume, military uniform, Governor of Gibraltar, Member of Parliament, general

Materials & Techniques

stipple engraving

Artist

John, I Smart (1741 - 1811)
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)

Title

Sir Henry Clinton (1730-1795) politician and army officer; Governor of Gibraltar 1794

Date

8 October 1780

Medium

Stipple engraving

Acquisition

Convent, Gibraltar (Governor's Residence) collection.

GAC number

17928