Object Number 1965.2970

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The R:t Hon:\ble Robert Walpole

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

George White (Mezzotinter)
c.1684-1732

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1715

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; G: White fec: 1715.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

17.6 (H) , 12.9 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 9.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

44.8 (H) , 32.7 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 9.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publication Date

1715

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

III

Watermark

Unidentified, with writing

Edition Notes

State III, with address of engraver.

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.
• p.1589, no.54.