Object Number 1965.2680

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Madam Jane Skeffington

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Smith (Mezzotinter)
1652/54-1742
Pupil of Isaac Beckett. Smith acquired both Beckett's business and inventory of plates around 1688. Smith's plates were sold at his death to John Boydell.

William Wissing (Painter)
c.1656-1687

John Bowles (Publisher)
c.1701-1779
John Bowles traded under his own name from c. 1724-1754 and 1764-1779. He trained his son Carington Bowles (1724-1792) and they traded together as John Bowles and Son from 1754 to 1764. John's brother Thomas Bowles (1712-1767) had a similar business in St. Paul's Churchyard, which Carington took over in 1764 when his uncle retired. Carington and John then began trading separately under their own names. Carington was succeeded by his son Henry Carington Bowles (1763-1830), who printed under the name Bowles & Carver (with Samuel Carver). John was succeeded by Robert Wilkinson. John Bowles, and later John Bowles and Son, used the inscription "at the Black Horse in Cornhill" until 1766, when fire damaged his shop. He relocated to No. 13 Cornhill by 1768.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1675-1687

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; I. Smith Fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; W. Wissing Pinxit.
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by J:Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.2 (H) , 9.9 (W) , 13.2 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.6 (H) , 25.1 (W) , 13.2 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Bowles, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

III

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State III, with Cooper's address erased, with Bowles' address added.

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.1220-1221, no.231.