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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "CAROLUS 1th. [Greek lettering] Heb. 11. 38"; inscr. on plate b.r. "Sold by I. Smith in Russel Street"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "7" PUB 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 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.
Charles I was the second Stuart king from 1625 to 1649, a reign marked by civil wars. The print is one of three in the volume after portraits of Charles I by Royal portrait painter Anthony van Dyck who set new standards for English portraiture. The translation of the Greek lettering quotes from Hebrews in the Bible "The world was not worthy of them". Smith engraved several Royal portraits in two sizes and a smaller, reversed version of this print is included in the third volume with lettering in English. | 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 : ALBUM : KNEELING : ERMINE : BOOK : CROWN OF GLORY : RAYS : KING : CROWN OF THORNS : GLOBE : CROWN : 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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