Object Number 1967.2145

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Honorable Robert Clayton, Lord Mayor of y\e City of London 1680.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Smith (Mezzotinter)
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.

John Riley (Painter)
1646-1691

John Boydell (Publisher)
1719-1804

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1680

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I.Smith fec.
2. Inscription; Lower left; I. Riley pinx.

Subjects

Portrait; Armorial device

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

17.6 (H) , 13.1 (W) , 16 (Image H) , 11.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

44.8 (H) , 33.3 (W) , 16 (Image H) , 11.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 16.1 in. (40.9 cm). Plate W: 11.3 in. (28.8 cm).

Publisher Summary

Boydell, John

Publication Date

1811

Place of Publication

London

State

III

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Probably State III, as state III is recorded by Chaloner Smith as impressions with block spots in the image. This impression has black spots on the face of the sitter and around the frame and hat.

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 cat. p.1152, no.52.