Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1967.2123

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Lord Burleigh

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Smith (Mezzotinter)

William Wissing (Painter)

Edward Cooper (Publisher)

Creator Notes

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.

Date of Birth

1652/54c.1656

Date of Death

174216871725

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1686-1686

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; I Smith fe: 1686 [date written in ink]
2. Inscription; Lower right; E Cooper ex:
3. Inscription; Lower left; W Wissing pinx:

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

17.1 (H) , 10.4 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.5 (H) , 26.5 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 16.7 in. (42.3 cm). Plate W: 10.1 in. (25.7 cm).

Publisher Summary

Cooper, Edward

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, with inscription.

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 pp.1144-1145, no.28.