Museum Object Number1965.2567 |
Print (Mezzotint)
Mrs Turnor
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
Isaac Beckett (Mezzotinter)
John Smith (Publisher)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
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.
16531652/541646
1715/171917421743
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1680-1688
1. Inscription; Lower right; I Beckett fe:
2. Inscription; Lower right; I. Smith ex:
3. Inscription; Lower left; G Kneller pinx:
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
13.6 (H) , 10 (W) , 13.2 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)
34.6 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 13.2 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)
Plate H: 13.5 in. (34.3 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.2 cm).
Smith, John
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
IV
State IV, published by John Smith.
Text available soon.
[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. 94, p. 51.