Print (Mezzotint)

  • Title:

    TIMOTHY BENNETT of Hampton=Wick in Middlesex SHOEMAKER, Aged 75, 1752./ This True Briton (*Unwilling the leave the World Worse than he found it) By a Vigorous Application of the Laws of his Countrey/ In the Cause of Liberty obtained a Free Passage thorough Bushy Park which had many Years been with held from the People/*His own favourite Expression.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    James McArdell (Mezzotinter)

    George Budd (Painter)

  • Place of Origin:

    London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1752

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (laid)

  • Techniques:

    Mezzotint

  • Museum Object Number:

    1967.2113


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1967.2113

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

TIMOTHY BENNETT of Hampton=Wick in Middlesex SHOEMAKER, Aged 75, 1752./ This True Briton (*Unwilling the leave the World Worse than he found it) By a Vigorous Application of the Laws of his Countrey/ In the Cause of Liberty obtained a Free Passage thorough Bushy Park which had many Years been with held from the People/*His own favourite Expression.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

James McArdell (Mezzotinter)
c. 1729-1765

George Budd (Painter)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1752

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Ja:\s M:Ardell Fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Budd Pinx.\t

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

19 (H) , 14 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

48.2 (H) , 35.5 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

I

Watermark

Unable to determine

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.
See p.841, no.16.