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Description: | bound volume (dimensions 54 x 38 x 7 cms) inscr. on image b.r. "[illegible]"; inscr. on page t.r. hand-written in brown ink "88" CRE ROBINSON, Robert; (English; fl. 1674-1706) PUB BECKETT, Isaac; (English; 1653-1688) 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.
This print was made by Robert Robinson and published by Smith's teacher Beckett, two of the earliest English mezzotinters. Smith acquired and republished many mezzotint plates by his contemporaries placing his own work in context Robinson had a distinct, decorative style and this biblical subject is unique among the other work by him in the volume which tend to feature pastoral and hunting scenes, often featuring classical architecture. It is positioned among a group of other religious subjects toward the back of 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: | BIBLE : NEW TESTAMENT : GOOD SAMARITAN : SAMARITAN : CHARITY : SAMARIA : HORSE : WOUNDS : LANDSCAPE : PARABLE : 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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