Museum Object Number1965.2659 |
Print (Mezzotint)
(Woman Identified as Lady Catherine Copley)
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
1675-1697
1. Inscription; Lower right; I Smith fec & exc:
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller Eques pinx:
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
14 (H) , 10 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)
35.5 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)
Plate H: 13.6 in. (34.5 cm). Plate W: 9.6 in. (24.3 cm).
Smith, John
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
II
None
Smith (p. 1153) lists State I as being without any inscription. This impression has the artist's and engraver's names engraved on the plate, thus making it an impression from an interim state before title was added. Russell (p.266) lists the impression with artist's and engraver's names only as State II. Strong impression.
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.1153, no.55.
[Book] Russell, Charles Edward. 1926 English mezzotint portraits and their states from the invention of mezzotinting until the early part of the 19th century: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezotinto Portraits.". 2.
• See p.266, no.55.