Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1965.2655

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Lord Euston

Category

Prints and Maps

Collection

Maps and Prints Study Collection

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Smith (Mezzotinter)

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)

John Boydell (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

1652/5416461719

Date of Death

174217431804

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1685-1800

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right ; I Smith fe: & exc: 1689
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller pinx: 1685

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

15 (H) , 11.8 (W) , 13.4 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38.2 (H) , 30 (W) , 13.4 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

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

Publisher Summary

Boydell, John

Publication Date

1811

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

Unidentified, with date "1803"

Edition Notes

State II, published with Boydell's Illustrious Heads series, 1811. Date "1689" written with pen and ink after the engraver's name, where original printed inscription should be. The use of wove paper and the watermark date (1803) indicate that this is a restrike from a plate that possibly dated 1689. (See Smith p. 1165).

Object Description

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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. 3. 941-1428.
• See p.1165, no.86.