Object Number 1965.2653

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Mr Grinlin Gibbons

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

1690-1700

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center of image; G: Kneller pinx

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.6 (H) , 13.2 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 10.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.5 (H) , 33.5 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 10.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

Unidentified

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Unknown state. Similar to no.105 in Smith p. 1171, however engraver's line is missing, probably due to cropping.

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.1171, no.105.
[Book] Green, David. 1964 Grinling Gibbons: His Work as Carver and Statuary 1648-1721.
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[Book] Beard, Geoffrey. 1989 The Work of Grinling Gibbons.
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[Book] Esterly, David. 1998 Grinling Gibbons and the Art of Carving.
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