[James King Esqr.] [graphic].

Description

Title: [James King Esqr.] [graphic].
Alternative Title: James King Esqr. : Master of the Ceremonies at Bath & Cheltenham
Creator: Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Contributor: Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, artist, publisher.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: J.R. Smith and R. Ackermann
Abstract: "Portrait seen almost half-length to right, eyes to front, wearing plain dark coat, white cravat and frill and badge on ribbon around neck, his hair short; landscape seen beyond, behind raised curtain; proof before letters."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title supplied by cataloger; alternative title from lettered state.
Artist and printmaker from statement of responsibility on lettered state: Painted & engraved by I [sic] I.R. Smith.
State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states.
Publication information inferred from imprint on lettered state: London, Pub. Feb. 1, 1805, by I.R. Smith, 31, King Street, Covt. Garden, & R. Ackerman, 101, Strand.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 178 (leaf numbered '216' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 36.4 x 26 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English