Object Number 1965.2660

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

M.\rs Sarah Chicheley

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

John Boydell (Publisher)
1719-1804

Josiah Boydell (Publisher)
1752-1817

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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 the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent-garden

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

16.7 (H) , 12.9 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

42.5 (H) , 32.8 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13 in. (34 cm). Plate W: 10 in. (25.5 cm).

Publisher Summary

Boydell, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Extensive retouching using roulette indicates an effort to bring up the outline and detail of a worn plate. Faded impression due to condition of plate. Because of the roulette reworking and general weak impression of this print, it is probably a modern restrike by John and Josiah Boydell as this issue was listed in Boydell 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.1151-1152, no.50.