Object Number 1965.2960

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Thomas Walker L.L.D.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

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

1720-1728

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; Printed for & Sold by Rob.\t Sayer Printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

16.3 (H) , 11 (W) , 13.8 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

41.4 (H) , 27.9 (W) , 13.8 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.9 in. (35.4 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.1 cm).

Publisher Summary

Sayer, Robert

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, with Philip Overton's address erased and Robert Sayer's address added in its place.

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. 4. 1429-1780.
• See p.1710, no.115.