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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "Jacobus Imus. D.G.Mag: Brit:Fra:et Hib. Rex."; inscr. on plate b.l. "A Van Dyke Eques Pinx: ab Originali: minuta fact: per fra: Hilyard Ao. Di. 1617"; inscr. on plate b.r. "J. Smith fec et ex 1721"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "4" CRE SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) AFTER HILLIARD, Nicolas; (English; 1547-1619) AFTER DYCK, Anthony van, Sir; (Flemish; 1599-1641) PUB SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) Part of William Hunter's original bequest, this is one of three volumes together containing 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.
James VI and I reigned in Scotland from 1567 and was the first of the Stuart dynasty to succeed to the English throne in 1603. It is the first in Smith's set of Royal portraits, covering the Stuart and Hanoverian dynasties up to George II. Many were issued in two sizes and a smaller version of this print is included in the second volume. The print is one of 10 in the volumes after van Dyck who set new standards for English portraiture. | 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 : HALF-LENGTH : ALBUM : OVAL : BEARD : MOUSTACHE : RUFF : GEORGE : RIBBON : KING : VOLUME : HUNTER VOLUME : STUART : | 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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