Object Number 1965.2689

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Anne Dutchess of Monmouth and her Sons, the Earl of Doncaster and Lord Henry

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

1687-1689

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; I. Smith fec:
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller pinx:
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon & Cown in Russell Street Covent Gorden

Subjects

Portrait; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

16.5 (H) , 10 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

42 (H) , 25.5 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

III

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

State III, "G. Beckett" publishers name as in second state, removed and "I. Smith" substituted, "Golden head in the old baily" altered to "Lyon & Cown in Russell Street Covent Gorden." Smith acquired many of Beckett's plates, retouched with some great skill and published under his own name

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.1200-1201, no.182.