Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1967.2143

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Lady Cartteret

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Smith (Mezzotinter)

John Kerseboom (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

1652/54

Date of Death

174217081725

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1685-1695

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center right; I. Smith fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; I. Kersseboom pinxit.
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by E. Cooper at y\e 3 Pidgeons in Bedford Street. Cum privilegio Regis

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

15.9 (H) , 12 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.4 (H) , 30.4 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15 in. (38.0 cm). Plate W: 11 in. (27.9 cm).

Publisher Summary

Cooper, Edward

Place of Publication

London

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, with the additions of alteration to the face, hair, flowering on curtain, and prior to 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.1146-1147, no.34.
[Book] Belknap, Waldron Phoenix. 1959 American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History.
• See pp. 304-305, no.34.