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Devereux Knightley

Print
1697 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print, half-length portrait of a man, within an oval border, facing slightly to right. In each upper corner is a monogram in the lower ones a coat of arms.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDevereux Knightley (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, half-length portrait of Devereux Knightley, mezzotint by John Smith after an unknown artist, 1697.
Physical description
Print, half-length portrait of a man, within an oval border, facing slightly to right. In each upper corner is a monogram in the lower ones a coat of arms.
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.6cm
  • Width: 25.1cm
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
Marks and inscriptions
'J. Smith fec: et ex:' (Lettered with name of sitter, 8 lines of biographical details and)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Production
2nd state.
Subjects depicted
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, vol. 3, p.1187.
  • Wessely, J. E. John Smith. Verzeichniss seiner schabkunstblätter. Hamburg: Haendcke & Lehmkuhl, 1887. xii, 156 p.
Collection
Accession number
E.4950-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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