Object Number 1965.2698

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Hon.\ble Charles Lord Viscount Townsend

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Simon (Mezzotinter)
1675-1755

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
1646-1743

Edward Cooper (Publisher)-1725

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1697-1738

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; I. Simon fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller S.R.Imp. et Mag Brit. Baronet.\s Pinx.
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.8 (H) , 9.9 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35 (H) , 25.2 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.8 in. (35 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

Cooper, Edward

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

Smith lists State I as bearing the inscriptions in the margin (Smith 1121). Russell lists State I as an impression without any inscriptions (Russell 262).

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.1121, no.153.
[Book] Russell, Charles Edward. 1926 English mezzotint portraits and their states from the invention of mezzotinting until the early part of the 19th century: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezotinto Portraits.". 2.
• See p.262, no. 153.