Museum Object Number1965.2991 |
Print (Mezzotint)
The Right Honourable Lord Polwarth
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
John Raphael Smith (Mezzotinter)
Anne Forbes (Painter)
William Humphrey (Publisher)
References: Ellen D'Oench, Copper into gold: prints by John Raphael Smith (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999).
17521745c. 1740
18121834c. 1810
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1760-1785
1. Inscription; Lower right; I.R. Smith fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Ann Forbes pinxit
3. Inscription; Lower center; London: Published by W. Humphery N.\o 227, Strand.
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
15.5 (H) , 11.4 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)
39.4 (H) , 29 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)
Plate H: 15.1 in. (38.4 cm). Plate W: 11 in. (28.0 cm).
Humphrey, William
London, England, United Kingdom
II
None
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[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.1296, no.136.
[Book] Frankau, Julia. 1902 An Eighteenth Century Artist & Engraver: John Raphael Smith: His Life and Works.
• See p.195, no.279.