Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1982.0034

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

RICHARD KEMPENFELT ESQ.\R / Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Richard Earlom (Mezzotinter)

Tilly Kettle (Painter)

John Boydell (Publisher)

Creator Notes

References: Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, vol. 1, pp. 242-43.

Date of Birth

174317341719

Date of Death

1822c.17861804

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

October 22 1782 (1782-1782)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Richard Earlom Sculpsit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Tilly Kettle Pinxit.
3. Inscription; Lower center; John Boydell excudit, 1782.

Subjects

Portrait; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

20 (H) , 14.3 (W) , 15.4 (Image H) , 11.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

50.7 (H) , 36.2 (W) , 15.4 (Image H) , 11.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15.6 in. (39.6 cm). Plate W: 11.1 in. (28.3 cm). Chain interval: 3.2cm.

Publisher Summary

Boydell, John

Publication Date

10/22/1782

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

Watermark

None

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. 1. 1-460.
• See pp.251-252, no.25.