Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1967.2117

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Honourable GEORGE Lord Visco.\t TOWNSHEND, Lord Lieu.\t General, & General Governor of the Kingdom of Ireland, &c. &c.Viscount Townshend

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

James McArdell (Mezzotinter)

Thomas Hudson (Painter)

Robert Sayer (Publisher)

Creator Notes

Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.

Date of Birth

c. 172917011725

Date of Death

1765177902//1794

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1755-1765

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; J\s McArdell fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Tho,,\s Hudson Pinx,,\t
3. Inscription; Lower center; London, Printed for Rob.\t Sayer, Maps & Printseller, N.\o 53 in Fleet Street.

Subjects

Portrait; Armorial device

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

20.1 (H) , 14.5 (W) , 15.7 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

51 (H) , 36.8 (W) , 15.7 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15.8 in. (40.1 cm). Plate W: 11.1 in. (28.1 cm).

Publisher Summary

Sayer, Robert

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, with alteration to the achievement of arms and addition of the title in the legend.

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. 2. 461-940.
• See p.899, no.176.
[Book] Belknap, Waldron Phoenix. 1959 American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History.
• See p.291, no.15.