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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "Catharina D:G: Mag: Brit: Fra: et Hib: Regina / Filia Joannis IIII Reg: Portug: &c.'; inscr. on plate b.l. "I Haysmans pinx:"; inscr. on plate b.r. "I. Smith ex:"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "9" CRE UNKNOWN AFTER HUYSMANS, Jacob; (Flemish; 1630-1696) 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.
Catherine of Braganza was the Queen of Stuart king, Charles II. She produced no heir. Flemish painter Jacob Huysmans won favour in her eyes as a fellow Roman Catholic and he painted her 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 : HALF-LENGTH : ALBUM : OVAL : EARRING : JEWELS : QUEEN DOWAGER : WILLIAMS : KING CHARLES II : 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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