Object Number 1965.2990

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Earl of Buchan (David Stuart Erskine)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Finlayson (Mezzotinter)
c.1730-c.1776

Sir Joshua Reynolds (Painter)
1723-1792

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; J. Reynolds Pinx,,\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; J. Finlayson fecit.
3. Inscription; Bottom left; Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Nov,,\r 22.\d 1765.
4. Inscription; Bottom right; Sold at the Golden Lamp in Berwick Street, price 5'.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

16.1 (H) , 12.1 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.9 (H) , 30.7 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15.1 in. (38.3 cm). Plate W: 11.1 in. (28.1 cm).

Publication Date

11/22/1765

Place of Publication

Golden Lamp, Berwick Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

First edition with title: "Lord Cardross."

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. 2. 461-940.
• Listed under Finlayson, no. 3, p. 478.
[Book] Mannings, David. 2000 Sir Joshua Reynolds: a complete catalogue of his paintings.
• See p. 182
[Book] Penny, Nicholas. 1986 Reynolds. 408 p.
• See cat. no. 56, pp. 223-4 & fig. 86, pp. 344-54.
[Article] Munby, A. N. L. 1947 "Nathaniel Hone's 'Conjurer'". Connoisseur. CXX (December): 82-4.
•
[Book] Smith, George. 1921 The Dictionary of National Biography Founded in 1882 by George Smith: Edited by Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee: From the Earliest Times to 1900.
• For additional information about the sitter, see vol.7.
[Book] The British Museum, et al. Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings.
• I:270
[Book] Graves, Algernon. 1901 A history of the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. 3.
• See p. 149.