Title from text in image., Text in bottom right of print, beneath image: "129.", Plate from: Kennett, W. A complete history of England. London : B. Alymer, 1706., and Sheet trimmed on right side.
"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., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portrait, probably of Isabella Carter, three-quarter length, sitting on a bank, wearing loose dress, trees and lake in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., State from: Smith, J. C. Mezzotino portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.1407., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 25 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.
A medley print with images showing, from top left: an illuminated manuscript in gothic script with decorated capital letters with florishes in red and blue ink; a print showing a naval battle with burning ships, possibly depicting the defeat of Baron de Pointis' fleet in the Bay of Gibraltar, 20 March 1705; a bust portrait, possibly of Simón Susarte, the goatherder, wearing a turban and facing left, in profile, who helped the Bourbon Spanish in a sneak attack on Gibraltar during the Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar in 1704. Below, a second row, beginning with a print referencing the Battle of Ramillies, showing a man on horseback with his sword drawn looking down at an opponent whose head has been blasted off by a cannon ball, with the caption "May 23 NS 1706. 6000 prisoners. 8000 kill'd. Standards a great number"; covering a portion of the naval battle print above and forming the background of most of the medley, an image of a newspaper The Post Boy from Thu[...] 1706 with two woodcuts in the header, mostly obscured by another print, hand-colored, with an the image of an English grenadier, shown full-length standing, holding a musket. A third level, from the left, a playing card showing the ten(?) of hearts shown behind an image of a newspaper; on top of the newspaper a half-length portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (after Kneller) in armor; on the far right on the same level as the playing card behind the newspaper, a numbered playing card (possibly the seven of spades), covered by an image of a military insignia(?). On the bottom level lower left, a print, after the painting Battle of Blenheim by John Wootton, showing the Battle of Blenheim identified as "Hostetten" (left) and Blenheim (right) with calvary charging into the Danube and a commander on a horse rearing, hoofs raised, in the left foreground. In the lower right, a sheet with the title of the medley, artist statement, and imprint
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with slight loss in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Sutton Nicholls
Subject (Geographic):
Gibraltar.
Subject (Name):
Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722, and Susarte, Simón,
Subject (Topic):
Spanish Succession, War of, 1701-1714, Ramillies, Battle of, Belgium, 1706, Campaigns & battles, Generals, British, Naval warfare, and Soldiers
Smith, J. (John), 1652-1743, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1706]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 4 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, half length in an oval, hair in curls, veil at back of head, jewelled dress with lace border, and ermine-lined robe fastened by a brooch at the shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Artist from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.4841., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Publication statement from alternate state. See British Museum online catalogue., "1706" scratched in lower left hand corner., Imperfect; sheet trimmed resulting in loss of imprint., Mounted on leaf numbered 18 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:
[Done by I. Smith from an original painting lately brought from Hanover, & sold by him at [the] Lyon & Crown in Russel Street Covent Garden]
Subject (Name):
Sophia, Electress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1630-1714,
