Museum Object Number1965.2693 |
Print (Mezzotint)
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
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
1703-1705
1. Inscription; Lower center; I. Smith fec.
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller S.R. Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx:
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
14.6 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 14 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)
37.2 (H) , 26.6 (W) , 14 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)
Plate H: 14.1 in. (35.8 cm). Plate W: 10.2 in. (25.8 cm).
Smith, John
1703
London, England, United Kingdom
I
Unidentified
Only one state recorded.
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.1193-1194, no.162.