Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1965.2698

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Hon.\ble Charles Lord Viscount Townsend

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Simon (Mezzotinter)

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)

Edward Cooper (Publisher)

Date of Birth

16751646

Date of Death

175517431725

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1697-1738

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; I. Simon fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller S.R.Imp. et Mag Brit. Baronet.\s Pinx.
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.8 (H) , 9.9 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35 (H) , 25.2 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.8 in. (35 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

Cooper, Edward

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

Smith lists State I as bearing the inscriptions in the margin (Smith 1121). Russell lists State I as an impression without any inscriptions (Russell 262).

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 p.1121, no.153.
[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.262, no. 153.