Emily Countess of Kildare
Prints and Maps
James McArdell (Mezzotinter)
Sir Joshua Reynolds (Painter)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1754-1790
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
1967.2112
Object Number1967.2112 |
Print (Mezzotint)
Emily Countess of Kildare
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
James McArdell (Mezzotinter)
c. 1729-1765
Sir Joshua Reynolds (Painter)
1723-1792
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1754-1790
1. Inscription; Lower right; J. M.\cArdell fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; I. Reynolds pinx.\t
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
14.3 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)
36.4 (H) , 26.6 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)
Plate H: 14 in. (35.6 cm). Plate W: 10 in. (25.3 cm).
London, England, United Kingdom
II
Unidentified
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.
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[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