Object Number 1955.0061.011 A

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

M\r John Dryden.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

George White (Mezzotinter)
c.1684-1732

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
1646-1743

Thomas Bowles (Publisher)
c. 1712-c.1753

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1725-1750

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; G. White fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; G. Kneller Baron.\t pinx.
3. Inscription; Lower right, beneath title; Sold by Thomas Bowles Printseller in S.\t Pauls Church Yard, London.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

14.07 (H) , 10.4 (W) , 11.6 (Image H) , 9.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.75 (H) , 26.5 (W) , 11.6 (Image H) , 9.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 13.0 in. (32.9 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 9.3 in. (23.6 cm). Chain interval: 2.4-2.7 cm. Laid line frequency: 11 per cm.

Publisher Summary

Bowles, Thomas

Place of Publication

St. Pauls Church Yard, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Edition Notes

State II with inscription, and before state III which shows evidence of a worn plate that has been reworked.

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. 4. 1429-1780.
• Print listed as no. 17, p. 1577.