Print (Mezzotint)

  • Title:

    (Catherine Hunter ?)

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Valentine Green (Mezzotinter)

    Edward Francis Cunningham (Painter)

    John Boydell (Publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

    London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    July 22 1771 (1771-1771)

  • Materials:

    Paper (laid); Ink

  • Techniques:

    Mezzotint

  • Museum Object Number:

    1967.2148


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1967.2148

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

(Catherine Hunter ?)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

Valentine Green (Mezzotinter)
1739-1813

Edward Francis Cunningham (Painter)
1741/2-1793/5

John Boydell (Publisher)
1719-1804

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

July 22 1771 (1771-1771)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Val Green Fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; E.F. Calze pinxit
3. Inscription; Lower center; Publish'd July 22 1771 / by Boydell Cheapside

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Paper (laid); Ink

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

18.2 (H) , 13.1 (W) , 15.7 (Image H) , 11.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

46.2 (H) , 33.3 (W) , 15.7 (Image H) , 11.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 16.1 in. (40.8 cm). Plate W: 11.5 in. (29.3 cm).

Publisher Summary

Boydell, John

Publication Date

07/22/1771

Place of Publication

London

State

I

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

State I, before inscription, but has the addresses of the makers scratched into the lower legend.

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. 2. 461-940.
See p.565, no. 71.
[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. 125, no.71.
[Book] Whitman, Alfred. 1902 British Mezzotinters: Valentine Green.
See p.45, no.29.