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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7) title inscr. on plate b.c. "HUMFREDUS WANLEY. / Natus 21 die Marty A.D. 1671/2"; inscr. on plate b.l. "Thomas Hill pinxit Mense Septemb A.D. 1717"; s. on plate b.r. "I. Smith Fec. et ex 171 8/7" CRE SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) AFTER HILL, Thomas ((English; 1661-1734) 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.
Humfrey Wanley was librarian to the collector Robert Harley. His portrait is included amongst a group of portraits of men of distinction from various fields, including politics, art and literature. Through Harley he met the painter Thomas Hill who painted his portrait several times. | 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 : THREE- QUARTER LENGTH : ALBUM : STANDING : OXFORD : BODLEIAN : SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF CHRISTIAN : LIBRARIAN : ROBERT, EARL OF OXFORD : HARLEIAN CATALOGUE : 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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