Object Details
original artist
Van Dyck, Anthony
engraver
Watson, James
publisher
Boydell, John
Description
Mezzotint after painting formerly attributed to Anthony van Dyck, hung in the Drawing Room at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg as a repetition by the workshop of van Dyck. The painting that is now considered the original portrait is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 11 in pencil in the lower right margin. Pencil note in the binding indicates the print was taken out for framing in March, 1894. SI Secretary's Library stamp embossed lower right.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Marsh Collection
date made
1779
ID Number
1978.0534.03.13
accession number
1978.0534
catalog number
1978.0534.03.13
Object Name
Print
print
mezzotint
Object Type
Mezzotint
Other Terms
Print; Intaglio; Mezzotint
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 44.25 cm x 33.25 cm; 17 13/32 in x 13 3/32 in
plate: 41.75 cm x 30.5 cm; 16 7/16 in x 12 in
place made
United Kingdom: England, London
See more items in
Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Communications
Marsh Collection
Religion
Art
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_786237