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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "The Right Honourable Sidney Earl of Godolphin, Viscount Rialton & / Lord Godolphin of Rialton, Lord High Treasurer of England Lord Leiutenant of the / County of Cornwall, One of the Lords of Her Majties. most Honble. Privy Councill & / Knight of the most Noinscr. on plate b.l.e Order of ye Garter."; 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 & Crown in Russel-street Covent Garden"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "53"
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 together containing 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.
Smith's 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.
Sidney Godolphin, first Earl of Godolphin was an influential tory politician who had shown loyalty to James II but also won favour with William III. The print is one among a group of portraits of aristocrats positioned together in the 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 : LORD HIGH TREASURER OF ENGLAND : WIG : LACE CRAVAT : GEORGE : EARL : WAND : VISCOUNT : PRIVY COUNCIL : ORDER OF THE GARTER : 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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