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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "The Right Honourable Arnolde Joost Earl of Albermarle, Viscount Bury, Baron Ashford / of Ashford, Captaine of the first Troope of Guards and Master of the Robes to His Majesty, Colonel / General of ye Suisses and Grisons, in ye Service of United Provinces, of ye Low Countries, & Knight of ye most Noble / Order of the Garter &c."; inscr. on plate b.l. "G. Kneller S.R. Imp: & 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 "57"
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.
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.
Arnold Joost van Keppel an army officer, became a close confident of William III who made him Earl of Albemarle for his loyalty. The print is positioned among a group of aristocratic military leaders in the volume. There is print after a portrait of Keppel's son William Anne Keppel as an infant, also by Kneller, in volume two (Glaha 16230). | 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 : STANDING : GEORGE : ARMOUR : EARL : BATON : WIG : HELMET : BATTLE : LORD OF VOORST : COLONEL : DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH : 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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