Object Number 1965.2667

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Madame Katherine Sidley

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

Richard Tompson (Publisher)-1693

Sir Peter Lely (Painter)
1618-1680

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1675-1700

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; R Tompson excudit
2. Inscription; Lower left; P Lilly pinxit

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.5 (H) , 10 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.3 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Tompson, Richard

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

Only one state of this print is recorded; however, the original plate was issued c.1675-1679, this impression indicates a badly worn plate that was almost entirely reworked with rocker and roulette for a later issue from which this impression dates.

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.1378-1379, no.43.