Object Number 1967.2128

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

WILLIAM CAVENDISH Duke of DEVONSHIRE

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Brooks (Mezzotinter)-c.1760
Brooks came to London c. 1735-1741 to learn Mezzotints; he returned to Dublin in 1747.

James Worsdale (Painter)
c.1692-1767

T. Jeffreys and W. Herbert (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1730-1765

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Jn:\o Brooks Fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; Ja:\s Worsdale Pinxit.
3. Inscription; Lower center; [Cut off, but partly visible. According to Chaloner-Smith should read]: Sold by T. Jeffreys at the Corner of St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross and by W. Herbert at the Golden Globe on London Bridge.

Subjects

Portrait; Armorial device

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

19.9 (H) , 14.3 (W) , 19.9 (Image H) , 14.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

50.5 (H) , 36.3 (W) , 19.9 (Image H) , 14.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

T. Jeffreys and W. Herbert

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

None

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. 1. 1-460.
• See pp.89-90, no.11.