Record ID:
413426
Accession number:
MA 205.20
Published:
[London] : [Jacob Tonson], 1733.
Credit:
Purchased, 1896.
Description:
1 print : mezzotint ; image: 318 x 251 mm ; sheet: 354 x 254 mm
Notes:
Lettered below the image with the title, a crest, and "G. Kneller Bart. Pinxt. / I. Faber fecit 1733 / 31".
Plate 31 of a series of numbered mezzotints after 48 portraits by painter Godfrey Kneller of members of London's famous Kit-Cat Club. The published suite consisted of mezzotint title plate, dedication, and 48 portraits by Kneller, engraved by John Faber on 47 plates, and was issued by a member of the club, Jacob Tonson, in the 1730s.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.
Summary:
1/2 portrait of Steele standing slightly to right and leaning with his elbow on a ledge, turned slightly to the right with his head turned to face the front, and wearing long dark wig; with a landscape in the background.
Provenance:
Purchased from the London dealer Sotheran, 1896.
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