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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "Serenissima et Potentissima Anna D.G. Angliace Scotiae Franciae et / Hiberniae Regina &c. Inaugurata XXIII. die Aprilis Anno 1702."; inscr. on plate b.l. "G. Kneller S.R.Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur. pinx."; inscr. on plate b.c. "I. Smith fec"; inscr. on plate b.r. "Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon and Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden" CRE SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) AFTER KNELLER, Godfrey, Sir; (English; 1646-1723) 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.
Queen Anne was the daughter of James II and was married to George, Prince of Denmark. Following the death of her brother-in-law William III in 1702 she became Queen, the last Stuart monarch of Britain. Smith's close association with leading portrait painter Godfrey Kneller, author of this portrait, was key to his success. From around 1690 almost all engravings after portraits by Kneller, were executed by Smith. Smith created a set of Royal portraits covering the Stuart and Hanoverian dynasties up to George II, several in two sizes and a smaller, reversed version of this print is included in the second volume. | 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 : CROWN : PEARLS : NECKLACE : QUEEN : COLLAR : GEORGE : 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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