Object Number 1965.2693

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough

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

1703-1705

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center; I. Smith fec.
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller S.R. Imp. & Angl. Eques Aur. pinx:
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.6 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 14 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37.2 (H) , 26.6 (W) , 14 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14.1 in. (35.8 cm). Plate W: 10.2 in. (25.8 cm).

Publisher Summary

Smith, John

Publication Date

1703

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

I

Watermark

Unidentified

Edition Notes

Only one state recorded.

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.1193-1194, no.162.