Museum Object Number1965.2596 |
Print (Mezzotint)
Elizabeth, Dutchess of Hamilton, &c.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
Richard Houston (Mezzotinter)
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Painter)
Robert Sayer (Publisher)
Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.
1721c.17391725
1775180802//1794
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1752-1759
1. Inscription; Lower right; Houston Fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Hamilton pinx.t
3. Inscription; Lower center; London Printed for & Sold by Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
14.1 (H) , 10.1 (W) , 13.8 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
35.8 (H) , 25.6 (W) , 13.8 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
Trimmed inside platemark.
Sayer, Robert
London, England, United Kingdom
None
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. 2. 461-940.
• See p. 667, no. 61.