Museum Object Number1967.2112 |
Print (Mezzotint)
Emily Countess of Kildare
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
James McArdell (Mezzotinter)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (Painter)
c. 17291723
17651792
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1754-1790
1. Inscription; Lower right; J. M.\cArdell fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; I. Reynolds pinx.\t
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
14.3 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)
36.4 (H) , 26.6 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)
Plate H: 14 in. (35.6 cm). Plate W: 10 in. (25.3 cm).
London, England, United Kingdom
II
Unidentified
State II, with the name "I. McArdell" in scratched lettering, subsittuted for "Mich Ford", but before the date "1754" was erased, in faint scratched lettering "Price 2 s." (Russell). Chaloner Smith does not record this state.
Text available soon.
[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.211, no.112.
[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. 2. 461-940.
• For different states of the same print, see p.876, no.112.
[Book] Hamilton, Edward. 1884 The Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
• p. 114
[Book] The British Museum, et al. Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings.
• III: 44