Mrs. Arabella Hunt 1705 dyed December 26th / [graphic]

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Title: Mrs. Arabella Hunt 1705 dyed December 26th / [graphic]
Creator: Smith, John, 1659-1715, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, artist.
Published / Created: [1706]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: J. Smith
Abstract: "Portrait seen almost whole-length, seated slightly to right playing lute, head turned to face l, wearing loose dress and her hair partly up; tree behind at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Verse in two lines and two columns below title reads: Were there on earth another voice like thine, another hand, so blest with skill divine, the late afflicted world some hopes might have, and harmony recall thee from the grave.
Title from caption below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Mounted on leaf numbered 44 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm.
Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Provenance: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss to Yale University Library; to Farmington February 1954. Purchased from Charles Scribner's Sons, 3 March 1903 by Mrs. G.T. Bliss.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 250 x 350 mm, on sheet 264 x 360 mm
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Access: Public
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