Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1965.2565

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Petrus Lelly

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

Isaac Beckett (Mezzotinter)

Sir Peter Lely (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

165316181652/54

Date of Death

1715/171916801742

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1680-1690

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left; Petrus Lelly Eques pinxit
2. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden

Subjects

Portrait; Self-portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

16.5 (H) , 12.5 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

42 (H) , 31.8 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.5 in. (34.3 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

III

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Late impression with evidence of reworking with a rocker and ink. Probably appeared in "Boydell's Illustrious Heads" series, 1811-1814.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 1. 1-460.
• Print listed as no. 63, p. 40.