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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "William Duke of Bedford Marquiss of Tavistock, Earl of Bedford Baron Russell, and Baron Russell / of Thornhaugh, Baron Howland of Streatham, Lord Leiutenant of ye Counties of Bedford & Caminscr. on plate b.r.idge, Likewise / Lord Leiutenant of ye Countie of Middlesex & Liberty of Westminster during ye Minoritie of Wriothesley / Marquiss of Tavistock his Grandson, One of ye Lords of his Majexties most Honinscr. on plate b.l.e. Privy, Council, and Knight of the most Noinscr. on plate b.l.e Order of the Garter. / Obyt 7 Sept. 1700. Aestatis suae 84."; inscr. on plate b.l. "E. Lutterell pinx:"; inscr. on plate b.c. "R: Williams fec:"; inscr. on plate b.r. "Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon and Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "43" CRE WILLIAMS, Robert; (Welsh; active 1680-1704) AFTER LUTTRELL, Edward; (English; 1680-1724) PUB SMITH, John; (English; 1753-1742) 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.
William Russell, first Duke of Bedford was a soldier and member of the Privy Council. This print is among a group of portraits of aristocrats in this volume. It was engraved by Robert Williams, one of the first English mezzotint engravers, after a portrait drawn in chalk by Luttrell. | 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 : SASH : ORDER OF THE GARTER : STAR : DUKE : EARL : PRIVY-COUNCIL : BARON : 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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