Object Number 1965.2668

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Honorable the Lady Ann Mountagu

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

1650-1700

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; R Thompson excudit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Sr P. Lely Pinxit.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.9 (H) , 10.2 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.4 (H) , 25.8 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.5 in. (34.3 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (24.8 cm).

Publisher Summary

Tompson, Richard

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II or III

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

State II, or later. This is an impression from a worn plate, reworked with rocker; original plate probably dates 1675-1679.

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.1374-1375, no.29.