Title from lettered state in the British Museum., Artist, printmaker, and publication information from description of a later state in the British Museum online catalogue, registration number: 1981,U.380., Plate XXI from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 2., and On same sheet: [Portraits of hounds].
"Portrait of Agneta Yorke standing three-quarter length to front, her left hand resting on vase and her right on her hip, looking to left; curtain, pillar and scrollwork frame behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.2153., "Lady Yorke" written in pencil below print by previous owner., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., 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 Catherine Hunter after Edward Francis Cunningham; seated at table, half-length in three quarter profile to right, arms crossed, wearing pearls in her hair and fur-trimmed cloak."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 45 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:
Published July 22nd, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
"Portrait seen bust-length three-quarter profile to right, within oval frame, her hair piled hight, wearing necktie, vest and coat; proof before letters, but with scratched production and publication detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2371., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., "Lady Spencer" and "Proof" written at bottom of sheet in black ink, in a contemporary hand., Mounted on leaf numbered 19 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm, Ms. notes "Lady Spencer," and "Proof," written in black ink in unknown hand., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portrait, three-quarter length, seated at a table on the right, holding a letter in her right hand, and a locket in the other, smiling towards the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., State and publication information from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits. See also: British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2270., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 19 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 (?)Miss Harrison standing whole-length walking to right in wood with dove on her right hand, looking to left, wearing simple dress with sash around waist; architecture behind at right; proof before letters, but with scratched production detail."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.2309., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on leaf numbered 35 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 Ryland & Bryer Engravers & Printsellers, at the Kings Arms in Cornhill
Portrait thought to be of Miss Kettle (see Bromley's Catalogue of engraved British portraits); seated three-quarter length to front playing guitar, her hair short, wall and foliage behind. Thought to be Mrs. Cantrell, who was a singer in Marylebone Gardens (see J.C. Smith).
Description:
Title and state from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0413.576., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 21 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, bust in a mock oval frame, turned to the right, wearing an eatern, embroidered shawl and a scarf over her head, putting her right hand under her chin and glancing back over her shoulder towards the viewer."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 23 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 Baroness Mary Nolcken, or Mary Le Maistre, seated to front resting on table with her hands clasped in her lap, almost three-quarter length, and facing left, her hair elaborately done with long plait falling over her right shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Mrs. Lemaitre, since married to Baron Nolliken envoy from Sweden," written in black ink below artist and printmaker by unknown hand., Mounted on leaf numbered 8 in an album of 50 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm, Ms. notes written in black ink by unknown hand., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 21st, 1771, by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
