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The Lord Buckhurst

Print
1695 (published)
Artist/Maker
John Smith (engraver)
Sir Godfrey Kneller (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print, portrait of two children, a boy and a girl, depicted full-length in a park. The boy, standing at the centre of the composition and holding a garland of flowers, has a fawn at his side; the girl is seated on the left with a small dog in her lap.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Children & Childhood
Object type
Print
TitleThe Lord Buckhurst (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, when Lord Buckhurst. Engraving by John Smith after Godfrey Kneller, 1695.
Physical description
Print, portrait of two children, a boy and a girl, depicted full-length in a park. The boy, standing at the centre of the composition and holding a garland of flowers, has a fawn at his side; the girl is seated on the left with a small dog in her lap.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.6cm (cut)
  • Width: 25.1cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Styles
Stuart
English School
Marks and inscriptions
'The Lord Buckhurst, & Lady Mary Sackvil his Sister. G: Kneller Eques [and almost cut off] pinx I: Smith fec: et exc:.' (Lettered)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted
Children
Boy
Girl
Fawn
Husks (Motifs)
Flowers
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
  • Wessely, J. E. John Smith. Verzeichniss seiner schabkunstblätter. Hamburg: Haendcke & Lehmkuhl, 1887. xii, 156 p.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4947-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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