Object Number 1965.2642

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Jacobus Secundus Dir Gratia. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae, et Hiberniae Rex. &.ct

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Smith (Mezzotinter and 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

1690-1697

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left center; I. Smith fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller Pinxit
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by I.Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covent-Garden.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

17.1 (H) , 13.1 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.4 (H) , 33.2 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.7 in. (34.9 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.1 cm).

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Publication Date

1697

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

Unknown

Edition Notes

Appears to be State II, as there is no evidence of reworking on the impression.

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. 3. 941-1428.
• See p.1184, no.143.