Object Number 1965.2572

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Hon.\ble Sr. Robert Walpole

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

Gerhard Bockman (Mezzotinter)
1686-1773

Thomas Gibson (Painter)
c.1680-1751

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1742-1742

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Bockman fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; T. Gibson pinx

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.5 (H) , 11.4 (W) , 12.3 (Image H) , 10.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.2 (H) , 28.9 (W) , 12.3 (Image H) , 10.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed inside platemark. Measurements taken at maximum. Chain interval: 2.8-2.9 cm; laid lines 9-10 per cm.

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

Beauvais, a small mill in Augoumois that operated for a time for Jean Villedary and used his mark "I. VILLEDARY".

Edition Notes

Only one state recorded.

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. 57, p. 110.
[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. 1. 1-460.
• Print listed as no. 24, p. 79.