Museum Object Number1965.2689 |
Print (Mezzotint)
Anne Dutchess of Monmouth and her Sons, the Earl of Doncaster and Lord Henry
Prints and Maps
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
1687-1689
1. Inscription; Lower center; I. Smith fec:
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller pinx:
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon & Cown in Russell Street Covent Gorden
Portrait; Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
16.5 (H) , 10 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
42 (H) , 25.5 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
Trimmed within platemark.
Smith, John
London, England, United Kingdom
III
Unidentified
State III, "G. Beckett" publishers name as in second state, removed and "I. Smith" substituted, "Golden head in the old baily" altered to "Lyon & Cown in Russell Street Covent Gorden." Smith acquired many of Beckett's plates, retouched with some great skill and published under his own name
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 pp.1200-1201, no.182.