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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7 cms) inscr. on plate b.c. "So great Ones keep the less in aw, / Like Dog with Mutton under Paw"; inscr. on plate b.l. "F. Snyders pinx:"; inscr. on plate b.r. "I. Smith fe e: ex"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "29" CRE SMITH, John; (English; 1652-1743) AFTER SNYDERS, Frans; (Flemish; 1579-1657) 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. The remaining third are subject prints after a wide range of artists and subjects, from mythological and religious scenes after old Italian and Dutch and Flemish masters such as Titian and Rubens to fancy subjects after contemporary French and English painters.
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 first half of the 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 worked almost exclusively in mezzotint but there are two recorded etchings by him; this is one of them and is the only one in the Hunterian volumes. It is after a painting by prolific Belgian artist Frans Snyders, known for his still-life and animal subjects. | 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: | SCAVENGER : DOG : MONKEY : EMBLEM : BONE : CARCASS : LAMB : SHEEP : CAT : BASKET : MEAT : FIGHTING : STILL LIFE : ARTICHOKE : 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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