THE CITY CHANTERS [Sweets of Liberty]
Prints and Maps
Samuel Okey (Mezzotinter)
John Collett (Painter)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1771
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
1973.0593
Object Number1973.0593 |
Print (Mezzotint)
THE CITY CHANTERS [Sweets of Liberty]
Prints and Maps
Anonymous
Samuel Okey (Mezzotinter)
The London engraver Samuel Okey arrived in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773, several years before the Revolutionary War. He was among several British engravers seeking opportunities to practice their craft in Colonial America. But in the end, he must have found it too difficult to make a living and returned to England some time before 1778, the year his work was published in London. In Newport Okey engraved and published only four or five mezzotints. Other than the prints he engraved in Rhode Island, there is very little known about him.
John Collett (Painter)
c.1725-1780
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1771
1. Inscription; Lower right; Engraved by Sam.\l Okey 1771
2. Inscription; Lower center; Engrav'd from an Original Picture by M.\r Collet in the Possession of N: Hart Esq:\r
Social/political commentary; John Wilkes
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
14.7 (H) , 18.4 (W) , 14.7 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)
37.3 (H) , 46.8 (W) , 14.7 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)
Trimmed within platemark.
1771
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
I
none
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[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 p. 953, no.10.