Francesco Bartolozzi was an Italian engraver, whose most productive period was spent in London. He is noted for popularizing the "crayon" method of engraving.
Portrait of Francesco Bartolozzi by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1773
A detail of one of Bartolozzi's prints, showing the tonal effects of the technique of stipple engraving, in which he was an expert.
Detail of Queen Charlotte as painted by William Beechey, 1799.
The Hours; after Maria Cosway, 1788.
Maria Luisa Caterina Cecilia Cosway was an Italian-English painter, musician, and educator. She worked in England, France, and later Italy, cultivating a large circle of friends and clients, mainly as
Francesco Bartolozzi
…The Fair Moralist and her Pupil; after Richard Cosway. The Hours; after Maria Cosway, ('Vide Gray's Ode to Spring'). The Interview of Edgar and Elfrida after her Marriage with Athelwold…
Maria Cosway by her husband, Richard Cosway
Richard Cosway's self-portrait in miniature, c. 1770
Duchess of Devonshire as Cynthia, 1782