The Right Hon:\ble Charles Earle of Dorset & Middlesex
Prints and Maps
John Smith (Mezzotinter and publisher)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1690-1694
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
1965.2657
Object Number1965.2657 |
Print (Mezzotint)
The Right Hon:\ble Charles Earle of Dorset & Middlesex
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
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
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1690-1694
1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Smith fecit et excudit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller Eques Pinxit.
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
13.9 (H) , 10.2 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)
35.4 (H) , 25.8 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)
Plate H: 14 in. (35 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (24.9 cm).
Smith, John
1694
London, England, United Kingdom
II
Unknown
State II, with inscription.
Text available soon.
[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.1164, no.81.