Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and a drawing (a): Portrait of Grinling Gibbons; (b) Chimney to the Parlour, Houghton Hall, Norfolk

1690–1735

Not on view

Album leaf mounted with 25.68r(a): an engraved portrait of Grinling Gibbons by Smith after Kneller; 25.68r(b), an elevation of a chimney piece with a plan, by Ware. See individual entries for more information.

Artwork Details

Title: Leaf from Aedes Walpolianae mounted with a print and a drawing (a): Portrait of Grinling Gibbons; (b) Chimney to the Parlour, Houghton Hall, Norfolk
Artist and engraver: John Smith (British, Daventry 1652–1743 Northampton)
Artist: After Sir Godfrey Kneller (German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London)
Sitter: Grinling Gibbons (British (born The Netherlands), Rotterdam 1648–1721 London)
Artist: Isaac Ware (British, before 1704–1766 Hampstead)
Date: 1690–1735
Medium: Mezzotint (recto); pen and black ink, brush gray wash (verso)
Dimensions: Leaf: 28 15/16 × 20 1/2 in. (73.5 × 52 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.62.28r(a,b)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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