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Print (Mezzotint)
The Four Indian Kings.
Bernard Lens III, Bernard Lens II
1710-1710
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Bernard Lens III (Mezzotinter and publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1969.0218 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1969.0218 A
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
The Four Indian Kings.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Bernard Lens III (Mezzotinter and publisher); Bernard Lens II (Draftsman)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1710-1710
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left beneath image
Inscription: Done after the Original Limnings/ Drawn from y\e Life by B. Lens jun.\r
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right beneath image
Inscription: B. Lens exc.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Native American
- American Indian
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint
- Engraving
Dimensions (inches)
13.7 (H) x 10 (W) x 12.9 (Image H) x 9.8 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
34.7 (H) x 25.3 (W) x 32.7 (Image H) x 25 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 13.6 in. (34.5 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.1 cm). Chain interval: 2.9-3.0 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
Publisher Summary
B. Lens
Publisher Date
01/01/1710
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
B. Lens
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 16, pp. 68-69.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 41, pp. 94-95.Article: Richards, Nancy E. 11//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part II. Antiques. 100 (5): 734-739.
• Published: fig. no. 1, p. 734.Article: Hinderaker, Eric. 07//1996 The "Four Indian Kings" and the Imaginative Construction of the First British Empire. The William and Mary Quarterly. 53 (3): 487-526.
• Portraits discussed on pp. 495-96, 505-9.Article: Robertson, Bruce. 1985 "The Portraits: An Iconographical Study", in Garratt, John G. & Robertson, Bruce. 1985. The Four Indian Kings. 139-77.
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. 4. 1429-1780.
• Listed as no. 54, pp. 1692-93.