Museum Object Number1965.2656 |
Print (Mezzotint)
The Countess of Essex
Prints and Maps
Maps and Prints Study Collection
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
John Smith (Mezzotinter and 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.
1652/541646
17421743
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1675-1700
1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Smith fec. et exc.
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller Eques pinx:
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
13.5 (H) , 9.9 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
34.2 (H) , 25.2 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
Trimmed inside platemark.
Smith, John
1695
London, England, United Kingdom
Unidentified
None
Probably a second state. Only one state described by John Chaloner Smith (p.1165, no.84). Poor impression with roulette use to define folds of dressing gown at bosom, and along sleeves.
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. 3. 941-1428.
• See p.1165, no.84.
[Book] Belknap, Waldron Phoenix. 1959 American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History.
• See p.305, no.35.