Sketch of the Life and Literary Career of Augustus von Kotzubue; with the Journal of his Tour to Paris, at the Close of the Year 1790

1800

De Beer Eb 1800 K

London: Printed by C. Whittingham

Frontispieces are often portraits of the author of the volume, like this one of German playwright, Augustus von Kotzebue (1761-1819). The engraving of this plate by Englishman, William Holl (1771-1838), has been made using the stipple method. Developed in the 1760s, this method of creating an image on a metal plate involves gouging or pressing in hundreds of individual dots. Holl, a noted portrait engraver, was a pioneer in England of the stipple effect.