Object Number 1965.2652

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons

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 Closterman (Painter)
1660-1711
Not to be confused with his brother John Baptiste Closterman, who was active in England in the late 17th century and early 19th century in England.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1680-1691

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; J. Smith fecit.et.ex.
2. Inscription; Lower left; J. Closterman pinx:

Subjects

Portrait; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

12.4 (H) , 14.2 (W) , 11.9 (Image H) , 13.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

31.5 (H) , 36.1 (W) , 11.9 (Image H) , 13.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 11.9 in. (30.2 cm). Plate W: 13.9 in. (35.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

Fine, brilliant impression.

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.1171, no.106.
[Book] Green, David. 1964 Grinling Gibbons: His Work as Carver and Statuary 1648-1721.
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[Book] Beard, Geoffrey. 1989 The Work of Grinling Gibbons.
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[Book] Esterly, David. 1998 Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving.
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