Object Number 1965.2649

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Hon.\ble Madame Constantia Hare, Twinn-Sister to Montague Hare Esqr. deceas'd;/ Daughter to the Right Hon.ble Lord Colerane, Baron of Colerane & ct.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Smith (Mezzotinter and publisher)
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.

Herman Verelst (Painter)
1641/1642-c.1690

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1675-1710

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Smith fecit et excudit
2. Inscription; Lower left; H. Verelst pinxit.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

15.6 (H) , 12.1 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

39.5 (H) , 30.8 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.7 in. (34.9 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Publication Date

1694

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

III

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State III, damaged by spots on face. (Smith, 1178).

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.1178, no.125.