Antique Master Print-RESURRECTION-PIOUS-FAMILY-Bartolozzi-Peters-1790

Medium: Line and stipple engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 65.2 x 48.8 cm (25.67 x 19.21 inch). Image size: 62 x 46 cm. (24.41 x 18.11 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Foxing, creasing and soiling. Several small tear in the paper edges, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BARTOLOZZI, RESURRECTION, PIOUS FAMILY, RELIGIOUS ENGRAVING, 18TH CENTURY, GEORGE IV, MATTHEW WILLIAM PETERS, LONDON | EXPO-LARGE-MPRINTS

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by William Dickinson, London, 1790. Dedicated to George IV.

Biography engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815) was an Italian engraver, whose most productive period was spent in London. He is noted for popularizing the “crayon” method of engraving.

Biography artist: Matthew William Peters (1742-1814) was an English portrait and genre painter who later became an Anglican clergyman and chaplain to George IV. He became known as “William” when he started signing his works as “W. Peters”.