Object Number 1965.2674

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Guilielmus Wissing/ Inter Pictores sui saeculi celeberrimos nulli secundus, Artis suae non exiguum Decus & Ornamentum, Obyt Sept:10. An. AEt: 31 Dni.1687./ Immodicis brevis est AEtas.___

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.

William Wissing (Painter)
c.1656-1687

Josiah Boydell (Publisher)
1752-1817

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1687-1811

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I Smith fe:
2. Inscription; Lower left; W Wissin pinx:

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

16.1 (H) , 12.3 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.8 (H) , 31.2 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.7 in. (34.7 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (24.9 cm).

Publisher Summary

Boydell, Josiah

Publication Date

1811

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, Boydell's Illustrious Heads restrike. It is possibly a re-used plate poorly polished, clear, brilliant impression on nineteenth-century paper indicating re-issue by Boydell.

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 pp.1237-1238, no.278.