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Print made by Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857, British, John Smith, undated
- Title:
John Smith
- Additional Title(s):
Johannes Smith
John Smith, the Mezzotinter, Holding a Portrait of Sir Godfrey Kneller
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 13/16 × 5 9/16 inches (22.4 × 14.2 cm), Image: 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 inches (11.7 × 9.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "13"; on back, lower right: "1// | 25a"
Lettered, lower left: "Kneller, pinxt"; lower center: "JOHN SMITH."; lower right: "S. Freeman, Sculp.t"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12615
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- artist | buttons | collar | hat | illustration | mantle | mezzotinter | painter | painting (visual work) | portrait | scrolls
- Associated People:
- Kneller, Sir Godfrey, baronet (1646–1723), history and portrait painter
Smith, John, the mezzotinter (1652 - 1743), publisher/printer, printmaker - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:49131
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