Sir Francis Buller (1746-1800) judge
Mather Brown (1761 - 1831)
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)
Engraving
1 March 1794-
About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
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.
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- quill, ink pot/ink stand, male portrait, wig, legal bands, judge, church, tower, table (as Subject)
- Materials & Techniques
- engraving
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Details
- Title
- Sir Francis Buller (1746-1800) judge
- Date
- 1 March 1794
- Medium
- Engraving
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Mrs Dorothy Lane, February 1958
- GAC number
- 3999