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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "Illustrissimus Princeps Jacobus Dux Ormondiae, / Equitum Legatus Praefectus Praetorianus; nec non Legionum Gentium Confaederatarum / apud Vigonem Imperator; cujus sub Auspicijs, in Sinu illo Vigoniensi, Penitus, aut / Periere, aut captae sunt Galliae atque Hispaniae Classes, XII. die Octobr 1702."; inscr. on plate b.l. "G. Kneller S.R.Emp. 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 & Crown in Russel street Covent Garden"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "40"
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.
James Butler, second Duke of Ormond was an army officer, a Jacobite and a politician. In the year this print was made he was appointed by Queen Anne to command the land forces for an attack on Cadiz, Spain. A print after another portrait of Ormond in armour by Kneller is also included in this volume. Smith's 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 : WIG : LACE CRAVAT : GEORGE : COLLAR : ORDER OF THE GARTER : MARQUIS : BATTLE : DUKE : 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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