Object Number 1973.0593

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

THE CITY CHANTERS [Sweets of Liberty]

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Anonymous

Creator (Role)

Samuel Okey (Mezzotinter)
The London engraver Samuel Okey arrived in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773, several years before the Revolutionary War. He was among several British engravers seeking opportunities to practice their craft in Colonial America. But in the end, he must have found it too difficult to make a living and returned to England some time before 1778, the year his work was published in London. In Newport Okey engraved and published only four or five mezzotints. Other than the prints he engraved in Rhode Island, there is very little known about him.

John Collett (Painter)
c.1725-1780

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1771

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Engraved by Sam.\l Okey 1771
2. Inscription; Lower center; Engrav'd from an Original Picture by M.\r Collet in the Possession of N: Hart Esq:\r

Subjects

Social/political commentary; John Wilkes

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.7 (H) , 18.4 (W) , 14.7 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37.3 (H) , 46.8 (W) , 14.7 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publication Date

1771

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

none

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. 953, no.10.