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John Smith (engraver)

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211: 29: 785: 69:, Smith was one of leading exponents of the mezzotint medium during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was regarded among first English-born artists to receive international recognition, along the younger painter 795: 199:, Williams, and others, retouching them and erasing the original engravers' names. Smith's latest print appears to have been the portrait of the young 483: 231:
In 1696, Kneller painted a portrait of Smith holding a Kneller engraving and gave it to him. In 1716, Smith created a print from that portrait.
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Smith created approximately 500 plates; nearly 300 of these plates were portraits of notable men and women of the period between the reigns of
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At the end of his career, Smith retired to Northamptonshire, where he died on 17 January 1742 at age 90. He was buried in the churchyard of
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Vertue, George (1934). "The Note-Books of George Vertue Relating to Artists and Collections in England (III)".
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church, where there was a tablet to his memory and that of his wife Sarah, who died in 1717.
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The Old Engravers of England in Their Relation to Contemporary Life and Art (1540-1800)
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and started publishing his own works. Smith also reissued many plates by Beckett,
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Printmaking in Britain: A General History from Its Beginnings to the Present Day
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The bulk of Smith's copperplates eventually came into the hands of publisher
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Most of Smith's early plates had been published by the renowned print seller
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A History of Engraving & Etching from the 15th Century to the Year 1914
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engraver and print seller. Closely associated with the portrait painter
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Prints and Printmaking: an Introduction to the History and Techniques
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Smith used pictures from artists such as 804:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 747:Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler 744:Vollmer, Hans, ed. (1937). "Smith, John". 93:. Smith became the favourite engraver of 484:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 288:. Vol. 12. Paris: Gründ. pp.  256: 228:, who reprinted them in large numbers. 19:For Antiquity Smith (1766–1833), see 7: 571:O'Donoghue, Freeman Marius (1898). 148:. The rest of Smith's plates have 668:. London: H. Sotheran. pt. 3, pp. 201:Prince William, Duke of Cumberland 14: 772:– via the Internet Archive. 718:– via the Internet Archive. 684:– via the Internet Archive. 654:– via the Internet Archive. 635:– via the Internet Archive. 627:. 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John Thomas Smith (engraver)

Godfrey Kneller
Tate Britain
mezzotint
Godfrey Kneller
William Hogarth
Daventry
Isaac Beckett
Jan van der Vaart
Sir Godfrey Kneller
St Peter's, Northampton
Charles II
George II
Peter Lely
Godfrey Kneller
Willem Wissing
Michael Dahl
John Riley
John Closterman
Thomas Murray
sacred
mythological
Titian
Correggio
Parmigianino
Carlo Maratti
Godfried Schalcken
Egbert van Heemskerck
Marcellus Laroon

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