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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7) inscr. bc. "The Lord Churchill's Two Daughters."; inscr. bl. "Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden"; inscr. bc. "G. Kneller Pinx:"; inscr. br. "I. Smith fecit." CRE SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) AFTER KNELLER, Godfrey, Sir; (English; 1646-1723) 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.
Smith's close association with leading portrait painter Godfrey Kneller, author of this portrait, was key to his success. From around 1690 almost all engravings after portraits by Kneller, were executed by Smith.
Depicted are the daughters of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough whose portrait appears twice in volume one (Glaha 16380 & 81). Henrietta became the wife of the second Earl of Godolphin and Anne, the wife of the third Earl of Sunderland. A portrait of their brother John, also by Kneller, is also included in this volume (Glaha 16228) among a group of portraits of the children of royal and aristocratic figures. | 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: | FULL-LENGTH : PORTRAIT : FLOWERS : LORD CHURCHILL : DAUGHTERS : ALBUM : VOLUME : 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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