Object Number 1965.2567

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Mrs Turnor

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

Isaac Beckett (Mezzotinter)
1653-1715/1719

John Smith (Publisher)
1652/54-1742
Pupil of Isaac Beckett. Smith acquired both Beckett's business and inventory of plates around 1688. Smith's plates were sold at his death to John Boydell.

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
1646-1743

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1680-1688

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I Beckett fe:
2. Inscription; Lower right; I. Smith ex:
3. Inscription; Lower left; G Kneller pinx:

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.6 (H) , 10 (W) , 13.2 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.6 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 13.2 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.5 in. (34.3 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

IV

Edition Notes

State IV, published by John Smith.

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. 1. 1-460.
• Print listed as no. 94, p. 51.