Object Number 1965.2675

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Charles Pratt, Lord Camden

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Spilsbury (Mezzotinter and publisher)
1730-1795

William Hoare (Painter)
c.1707-1792

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

July 29 1766 (1766-1766)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; JSpilsbury Fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; W. Hoare Pinxt.
3. Inscription; Lower center; Published according to Act of Parliament by J. Spilsbury Engraver & Map & Printseller, Russel Court Covent Garden. July 29, 1766

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

15.1 (H) , 11.4 (W) , 14.8 (Image H) , 11.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38.4 (H) , 28.9 (W) , 14.8 (Image H) , 11.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14.9 in. (37.8 cm). Plate W: 11.2 in. (28.5 cm).

Publisher Summary

Spilsbury, John

Publication Date

1766

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, with the plate cut down from the first state, making this a three-quarter and not a whole length portrait, as in State I.

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. 3. 941-1428.
• See p.1326, no.8.