Object Number 1965.2664

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Henricus Aldrich S.T.P.

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

1696-1720

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I.Smith fec: et ex:
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller Eques pinx: 1696
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by I.Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.6 (H) , 10.6 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37 (H) , 27 (W) , 13.6 (Image H) , 9.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.7 in. (34.8 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (24.9 cm).

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

III

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

No evidence of reworking, but could be State IV by Boydell, as this plate was listed in his catalogue.

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.1134, no.3.