Object Number 1967.2112

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Emily Countess of Kildare

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

James McArdell (Mezzotinter)
c. 1729-1765

Sir Joshua Reynolds (Painter)
1723-1792

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1754-1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; J. M.\cArdell fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; I. Reynolds pinx.\t

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.3 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.4 (H) , 26.6 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14 in. (35.6 cm). Plate W: 10 in. (25.3 cm).

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

State II, with the name "I. McArdell" in scratched lettering, subsittuted for "Mich Ford", but before the date "1754" was erased, in faint scratched lettering "Price 2 s." (Russell). Chaloner Smith does not record this state.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Russell, Charles Edward. 1926 English mezzotint portraits and their states from the invention of mezzotinting until the early part of the 19th century: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezotinto Portraits.". 2.
• See p.211, no.112.
[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.
• For different states of the same print, see p.876, no.112.
[Book] Hamilton, Edward. 1884 The Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
• p. 114
[Book] The British Museum, et al. Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings.
• III: 44