Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1965.2560

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Viro Perillustri Hadriano Beverlando Numismatim Insectoum Cochlearam/ Picturarum Ac Librorum Variorum Vidici Statori Hanc Tab a Simidu Bois delin L.M.Q.C

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

Isaac Beckett (Mezzotinter)

Simon Dubois (Painter)

John Smith (Publisher)

Creator Notes

Pupil of Isaac Beckett. Smith acquired both Beckett's business and inventory of plates around 1688. Smith's plates were sold at his death to John Boydell.

Date of Birth

165316321652/54

Date of Death

1715/171917081742

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1681-1688

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Is. Beckett
2. Inscription; Lower center; I. Smith ex
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sim. du Bois delin

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

16.7 (H) , 9.7 (W) , 16.7 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

42.5 (H) , 24.6 (W) , 16.7 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed inside platemark.

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

III

Watermark

None

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] The British Museum & Stephens, Frederic George. 1870 Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Political and Personal Satires. 2.
• See no.1259-1261.