Object Number 1954.0048.001 A

Object Name

Print on glass

Title

His Most Sacred Majesty GEORGE the III. King of Great Britain, &c.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Richard Purcell (Mezzotinter)
c.1736-c.1766
References: Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, vol. 3, p. 1008.

Thomas Frye (Draftsman)
1710-04/02/1762
Frye was works manager at Bow China Works, 1744-59. His name, along with Bow clothing merchant Edward Heylin, appears on the first patent to produce porcelain at Bow, applied for on December 6, 1744, and enrolled on April 5, 1745, as well as the second patent (without Heylin) applied for on November 17, 1748 and enrolled on March 17, 1748. His epitaph credits him as "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England", but this is doubtful. References: Chaloner-Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, vol. 2, p. 516; A History of the County of Middlesex, vol. 2 (1911), pp. 146-50. His obituary appears in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1764.

William Pether (Mezzotinter)
c. 1738-1821

Henry Parker & Elizabeth Bakewell (Publisher)
1750-1775

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1762-1766

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; T. FRYE, ad vivum delineavit.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; R. PURCELL, fecit.

Subjects

George III; Monarchs and nobility

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid); Oil paint; Glass

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

14.29 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 12.28 (Image H) , 9.92 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.3 (H) , 26.7 (W) , 12.28 (Image H) , 9.92 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

Henry Parker & Elizabeth Bakewell

Place of Publication

Opposite Birchin Lane, Cornhill, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 49, pp. 101-2.
[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.
• Source for Purcell listed under Pether: nos. 17-19, p. 984; portrait not listed under Frye or Purcell.