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Marchi, Giuseppe (Filippo Liberati) (ii)
(b Rome, c. 1721–2, or, less likely, c. 1735; d London, 2 April 1808). Italian painter and engraver, active in England. He was chief studio assistant to Joshua Reynolds, who brought him to England in 1752 and painted his portrait (c. 1753; London, RA). He attended the St Martin’s Lane Academy, London, and exhibited portraits in oil as well as mezzotints at the Society of Artists (1766–75), but he never exhibited at the Royal Academy. He became a director of the Society of Artists in 1775.
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