Object Number 1965.2573

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Hon.\ble Luke Gardiner Esq.\r

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Brooks (Mezzotinter)-c.1760
Brooks came to London c. 1735-1741 to learn Mezzotints; he returned to Dublin in 1747.

Charles Jervas (Painter)
c.1675-1739

Place of Origin

Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1730-1760

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Brooks fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; C. Jervis pinx.t

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.4 (H) , 9.8 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.1 (H) , 25 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Place of Publication

Dublin, Ireland, Europe

State

I

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State I of II. State II with the addition of the publisher's address.

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.
• Print listed as no. 12, p. 90.