Object Number 1965.2594

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Elizabeth, Dutchess of Hamilton, &c.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

Richard Houston (Mezzotinter)
1721-1775

Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Painter)
c.1739-1808

Robert Sayer (Publisher)
1725-02//1794
Sayer became active as a printseller as early as the late 1740s. He built up his stock of copper plates by taking over others’ inventories, first Philip Overton, then James McArdell when he died in 1765. He worked in partnership with John Bennett from around 1774 to 1785, then operated alone again through 1793. When he died in February 1794, the firm (along with Sayer’s stock of plates) were taken over by another London print firm, Laurie & Whittle.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1752-1759

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Houston Fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; n Pinx.t

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.3 (H) , 9.4 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.9 (H) , 23.9 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Sayer, Robert

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

I

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Only one state recorded.

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.
• Print listed as no. 61, p. 667.