Object Number 1967.0985 A

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Lady Frances and the Lady Catharine Jones Daughters to the/ Right Hon:\ble Richard Earle of Ranelagh.

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.

Jan van der Vaardt (Painter)
c.1653-c.1721

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

1690-1700

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left; I Smith fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; I Vandervaart Pinxit
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by Iohn Bowles at Mercers Hall, Cheapside.

Subjects

Portrait; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.6 (H) , 10 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.6 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.4 in. (34.0 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (25.0 cm).

Publisher Summary

Bowles, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

III

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Not described by Chaloner-Smith, appears to be a late impression.

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 pp.1185-1186, no.147.