Object Number 1965.2650

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Mrs. Conwai Hackett

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.

John Riley (Painter)
1646-1691

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1672-1690

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I Smith fec: et exc:
2. Inscription; Lower left; I Riley pinxit

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.5 (H) , 10.06 (W) , 12.4 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.4 (H) , 25.55 (W) , 12.4 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.4 in. (34.0 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (25.0 cm).

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Publication Date

1690

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, with retouching in many parts. In State II, the "battlement of the castle appears supported on projecting corbels, alternating with stones flush with face of lower wall" (Smith 1176). All of the later states have dark shading without projections on the castle architecture.

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.1176, no.121.
[Book] Belknap, Waldron Phoenix. 1959 American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History.
• See p.316, no.54.