Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1965.2687

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Honoratissimius Thomas Dominus Herbert Comes de Pembroke et Montgomery &c.&c. / Classis Britannicae et Hibernicae summus Praefectus &c. &c.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Smith (Mezzotinter)

William Wissing (Painter)

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

1652/54c.1656

Date of Death

17421687

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1709-1709

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Smith fec.
2. Inscription; Lower left; W. Wissing pinx.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.8 (H) , 10 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.1 (H) , 25.5 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publication Date

1709

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

Unknown

Edition Notes

State II, with inscription.

Object Description

Text available soon.

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 pp.1207-1208, no.198.