Description
Original antique print showing a portrait of George Robert Fitzgerald, aka Fighting Fitzgerald (c.1748 – 1786), a celebrated Irish eccentric, duellist and landowner, who was hanged for conspiracy to murder in 1786.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Stipple engraving / etching on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 16 x 21.5 cm (6.3 x 8.46 inch). Image size: 7.3 x 10.5 cm. (2.87 x 4.13 inch).
Condition: good, given age. A few small spots. Tear in bottom margin, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
GEORGE ROBERT FITZGERALD-PORTRAIT | PCO-C46-24
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published in Britain c. 1800.
Biography engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815) was a famous Italian engraver known for his refined stipple engraving, whose most productive period was spent in London.
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