Object Number 1967.2599 A

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Hono.\ble the Countess of Sunderland

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Simon (Mezzotinter)
1675-1755

Charles d' Agar (Painter)
1699-1723

Edward Cooper (Publisher)-1725

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1700-1716

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; C. D'Agar pinx
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; I. Simon fecit, cum privilego Regi.
3. Inscription; Bottom right; Sold by E. Cooper at 3 pigeons in Bedford Street.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

15.5 (H) , 11.45 (W) , 12 (Image H) , 9.87 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

39.3 (H) , 29.08 (W) , 12 (Image H) , 9.87 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 14.0 in. (35.3 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 9.875 in. (25.08 cm).

Publisher Summary

Cooper, Edward

Place of Publication

3 Pigeons, Bedford Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Edition Notes

Second state has Cooper address erased and substituted with "Printed for John Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill".

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.
• Listed as no. 147, p. 1119.
[Book] Belknap, Waldron Phoenix. 1959 American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History.
• Listed as no. 21, p. 297.