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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7) inscr. bc. "Le Prince de Galles et la Princesse sa Soeur."; inscr. bl. "N.de Larguilierre pinx:"; inscr. br. "I. Smith fec." CRE SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) AFTER LARGILLIERE, Nicolas de; (French; 1656-1746) PUB SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this is one of three volumes which together contain 488 mezzotints, almost all made or published by John Smith. About two thirds are portraits of eminent late Stuart, early Hanoverian persons, and one third fancy and mythological subjects.
Instrumental in raising the standard of mezzotint portraits, Smith was the first British printmaker to gain a European reputation, and examples of his work were essential for any serious early to mid 18th century European print collection.
Hunter's set of volumes is a rare surviving example of a comprehensive collection of mezzotints compiled in the 1730s.
Prince James Francis Stuart, later known as the 'old pretender' grew up in exile in France after his father, James II fled the invasion of William of Orange. This portrait shows him aged 7 with his sister, born in exile, to whom he was devoted. This is one of a group of portraits of young royals and aristocrats in volume two.
Commissioned by James II from Largillierre, one of the most sought-after portraitists of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in Paris, it includes a dog symbolising the loyalty of the Jacobites to the Prince as rightful heir to the throne. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : FULL-LENGTH : CHILD : INFANT : JAMES II : THE OLD PRETENDER : DOG : PRINCESS LOUISA MARIA : ALBUM : VOLUME : JACOBITE : HUNTER VOLUME : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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