Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[between 1702 and 1743]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Queen Anne, half-length in an oval, wearing small crown, pearl necklace, ermine-lined robes with jewels, and George."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from J.C. Smith., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: P,8.49., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 5 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by I. Smith at [the] Lyon & Crown in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden
"Portrait of Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, whole-length, sitting, hair in curls dressed with pearls, wearing earring, pearl necklace, dress with short sleeves, and robe; fluted pillar and curtain on the left; curtain on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "Cum Privilegio Regis" found between artist and printmaker., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.6692., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 34 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portrait of Catherine, Lady Copley, three-quarter length, sitting, pearls in hair, loose dress, elbow resting on pedestal; curtain in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1855,0512.30., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 40 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portraits of Henrietta and Anne Churchill, both whole-length; Henrietta standing, wearing dress with pearls, holding a basket of flowers in one hand and a flower in the other; Anne seated and barefoot; trees, lake and statue in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4472., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 33 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., and Ms. notes in Horace Walpole's hand in caption below image.
Publisher:
Sold by I. Smith at [the] Lyon & Crown in Russell Street
"Portrait of Elizabeth Southwell, whole-length, standing, wearing dress and scarf; greyhound on left; quiver and horn on a pedestal on right; landscape with trees in the background; the sea in the distance"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4510., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 47 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by I. Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russel Street, Covent Garden
"Portrait half length, in oval, directed to slightly to left, facing and looking downwards towards right, hair falling over her right shoulder, low dress, robe at back."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Countess of Bridgewater
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4217., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 16 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleetstreet
"Portrait of Elizabeth Southwell, Lady Cromwell, half-length in an oval, wearing loose dress and robe."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Lady Elizabeth Cromwell
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4508., Mounted on leaf numbered 48 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Portrait of Mary Viscountess Andover, shown three-quarters length, standing, directed towards right, facing towards and looking to the front. She wears a low dress and is shown leaning on a pedestal with a panel carved image of a boy holding a sketch. On the pedestal are papers and a book; in her right hand she holds a crayon over her left arm, with a curtain and column behind on the left
Alternative Title:
Right Honourable Mary Viscountess Andover
Description:
Title from text below image., "Price 2d."--Preceding imprint statement., Mounted on leaf numbered 2 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by Faber at [the] Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
"Portrait of the actress Kitty Clive as the character Phillida from Cibber's 'Damon and Phillida' (previously 'Love in a Riddle'); in rural setting with shepherd approaching at left with his arm around her waist; three-quarter length slightly to left, eyes to front, right hand seeming to restrain the shepherd, left raised to her shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State and artist from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,58.181., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 36 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Faber at [the] Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square Holbourn
"Portrait of Isabel, Countess of Cromartie, half-length, directed to left, facing and looking to front, arranging a basket of flowers in front of her, pearls in her hair, a shawl billowing from under her right elbow, round and behind her, lock of hair over right shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., "Not all the sweets that spring perfume's, nor all that in the garden bloom's; nor e'en the breeze of sum[m]er sky, can with her fragrant bosom vie."-- Verse in four lines and two columns below title., Cf. State 2 from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits. Engravers name burnished from plate., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1879,0111.11., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 46 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street
