Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1977.0052

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Jacobus Gibbs, Architectus

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Charles E. Merrill Trust for the Purchase of English Objects

Creator (Role)

Peter Pelham (Mezzotinter)

Hans Hysing (Painter)

Edward Cooper (Publisher)

Date of Birth

c.16971678

Date of Death

175117531725

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1720-1726

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left center; P. Pelham fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; H. Hysing pinx.
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint with minimal burin work

Dimensions (inches)

14.1 (H) , 10.1 (W) , 14 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.9 (H) , 25.7 (W) , 14 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14.1 in. (35.9 cm). Plate W: 10.1 in. (25.7 cm).

Publisher Summary

Cooper, Edward

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

Unknown

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 22, pp. 80-81.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 51, p. 103.
[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.
• Print listed as no. 21, p.972.