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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7) title inscr. on plate b.c. "Carolus Imus. D.G. Ang. Sco. Fra. et Hib. Rex"; inscr. on plate b.l. "A. Van Dyke Eques Pinx." and "I. Smith fec."; inscr. br. "Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden" CRE SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) AFTER DYCK, Anthony van, Sir; (Flemish; 1599-1641) 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.
Charles I was the second Stuart king from 1625 to 1649, a reign marked by civil wars. The print is after a portrait by the celebrated court painter Anthony van Dyck who set new standards for British portraiture. It is one of a group of royal portraits toward the end of volume two which are smaller, reversed versions of prints by Smith in volume one. | 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 : ALBUM : OVAL : HEAD : COLLAR : KING : BEARD : 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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