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Print (Mezzotint)
His Excellency JONATHAN BELCHER, Esq;\r
Richard Phillips, John Faber Jr.
1734
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Richard Phillips (Painter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1952.0020
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1952.0020
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
His Excellency JONATHAN BELCHER, Esq;\r
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Richard Phillips (Painter); John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1734
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom left
Inscription: Phillips Pinx
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right
Inscription: I Faber Fecit 1734.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Armorial device
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint
- Engraving
Dimensions (inches)
14.1 (H) x 10.31 (W) x 12.4 (Image H) x 9.76 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
35.8 (H) x 26.2 (W) x 31.5 (Image H) x 24.8 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 13.75 in. (34.9 cm). Plate W: 9.75 in. (24.8). Chain intervals: 2.7-2.9 cm; 11 laid lines per cm.
Publisher Date
01/01/1734
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Edition State
I
Edition Watermark
Lily above a shield with four bars
Edition Notes
Chaloner Smith lists only one state for this print, but that bears the painter's first initial "R".
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 23, pp. 82-83.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 52, p. 104.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.
• Published: no. 29, p. 312 (listed).