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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "Serenissima Carolina D.G. Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Regina &c. Inaugurata XI die Octoinscr. on plate b.r.is Anno 1727."; inscr. on plate b.l. "G. Kneller S.R.Imp. et Mag. Brit. Baronets Pinx."; inscr. on plate b.c. "Ab Originali J. Smith Fecit."; inscr. on plate b.r. "Sold by I. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden."; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "29"
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.
This print, based on a portrait by Kneller painted in 1716 while Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach was Princess of Wales, was adjusted to depict her as Queen of George II after his succession to the throne in 1727 (see also Glaha 16366). As for many of Smith's Royal portraits, there is a smaller, reversed version of this print in volume two. His close association with leading portrait painter Kneller was key to his success. From around 1690 almost all engravings after portraits by Kneller, were executed by Smith. | 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 : PRINCESS OF WALES : JEWELS : CROWN : PEARLS : SHOULDERKNOTS : QUEEN : 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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