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John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater

Print
1700 (published)
Artist/Maker
John Smith (engraver)
John Smith (publisher)
Godfrey Kneller (artist)
Place of origin
England (published)

Print, half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly right, within an oval border and wearing the riband and badge of the Order of the Bath.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleJohn Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, mezzotint by John Smith after Godfrey Kneller, 1700.
Physical description
Print, half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly right, within an oval border and wearing the riband and badge of the Order of the Bath.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.2cm
  • Width: 25.4cm
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.
Style
English School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'G: Kneller Eques pinx: K. Smith fec: et ex.' (Lettered with name of sitter, 4 lines of biographical details and)
  • '1700' (Dated)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Production
2nd state.
Subject depicted
John Egerton
Bibliographic references
  • Wessely, J. E. John Smith. Verzeichniss seiner schabkunstblätter. Hamburg: Haendcke & Lehmkuhl, 1887. xii, 156 p.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.4946-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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