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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 6) inscr. on plate below image "Henry Comte de Nassau D'Auverquerk Feld Marshal / des Armees de L.H.P. Les Estats Generaux des Provinces Vnies. &c."; inscr. on plate b.l. "G. Kneller S.R.Imp. & Ang. 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 "60"
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.
Hendrik van Nassau van Ouwerkerk, of Dutch birth, was Master of the Horse to William III who was his cousin. His portrait is one of a group of Lords and Earls 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 : WIG : FIELD MARSHAL : LOUIS OF NASSAU : ARMOUR : COUNTESS OF OSSORY : COUNTESS OF ARLINGTON : WILLIAM OF ORANGE : ST. DENIS : RAMILIES : 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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