Object Number 1982.0036

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Queen Elizabeth

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Nicholas Hilliard (Painter)
c. 1547-1619

Francis Kyte (Mezzotinter)

Edward Cooper (Publisher)-1725

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1700-1750

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom left; F. Hillyard pinx.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; F. Kyte fecit.
3. Inscription; Bottom right; E. Cooper Ex.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid); Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

11.1 (H) , 8.7 (W) , 8 (Image H) , 5.65 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

28.3 (H) , 22.2 (W) , 8 (Image H) , 5.65 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH and OW of support. H at left. W at bottom. Print H (left of center): 8.1 in. (20.6 cm). Print W (above bottom): 5.9 in. (15.1 cm). No plate marks. Chain interval and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Cooper, Edward

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Edition Notes

Second state with mezzotinter's and publisher's names erased and replaced with that of Bakewell and Jordan.

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. 2. 461-940.
• Listed on p. 790, no. 1.