Object Number 1965.2659

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

(Woman Identified as Lady Catherine Copley)

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

1675-1697

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I Smith fec & exc:
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller Eques pinx:

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14 (H) , 10 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.5 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 13.5 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.6 in. (34.5 cm). Plate W: 9.6 in. (24.3 cm).

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Smith (p. 1153) lists State I as being without any inscription. This impression has the artist's and engraver's names engraved on the plate, thus making it an impression from an interim state before title was added. Russell (p.266) lists the impression with artist's and engraver's names only as State II. Strong 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.1153, no.55.
[Book] Russell, Charles Edward. 1926 English mezzotint portraits and their states from the invention of mezzotinting until the early part of the 19th century: Catalogue of Corrections of and Additions to Chaloner Smith's "British Mezotinto Portraits.". 2.
• See p.266, no.55.