Object Number 1965.2965

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Fond Mother

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

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.

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
1646-1743

Robert Williams (Mezzotinter)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1680-1704

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Williams fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; Kneller Pinx.\t

Subjects

Portrait; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

17.3 (H) , 11.9 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.9 (H) , 30.1 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14 in. (35.5 cm). Plate W: 10 in. (25.3 cm).

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

IV

Watermark

Unknown

Edition Notes

State IV, with the plate cut down, and the addition of Williams' address at right.

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.
• pp.1200-1201, no.182.