Object Number 1965.2677

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Gulielmus Vande Velde, Jr.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Smith (Mezzotinter)
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

1707

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Smith fec. 1707
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller Eques pinx. 1680.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.1 (H) , 10.3 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.7 (H) , 26.1 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.8 in. (35.1 cm). Plate W: 10 in. (25.4 cm).

Publication Date

1707

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II is with the inscription.

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 pp.1230-1231, no.258.