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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "Her Highness Princess Ann / Eldest Daughter to his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales."; inscr. on plate b.l. "G. Kneller Baronets pinx. 1719."; inscr. on plate b.c. "Ab Originali J. Smith Fecit 1720."; inscr. on plate b.r. "Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russel-Street Covent-Garden"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "32" 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.
Princess Anne of Orange was the daughter of Hanoverian George II and the wife of William IV, Prince of Orange. 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, author of this portrait, 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 : THREE-QUARTER LENGTH : ALBUM : GEORGE : PRINCE OF WALES : PEARLS : WREATH : VOLUME : PRINCESS OF ORANGE : 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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