Trade card for Josephus Sympson, London

Anonymous, British, 18th century British

Subject Relates to Joseph Sympson British

1741–50

Not on view

This trade card for Joseph Sympson, a London printseller who worked from The Dove, Russell Court, Drury Lane, places identifying text on a large rock. The latter supports a bearded man who models for an artist seated on the ground at left. The image derives from a chiaroscuro woodcut that Frederick Bloemaert created as a title page for Abraham Bloemaert's "Het .Tekenboek" (The Drawing Book), first published ca. 1650-55.

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Title: Trade card for Josephus Sympson, London
Artist: Anonymous, British, 18th century
Artist: After Frederick Bloemaert (Dutch, ca. 1610–ca.1669)
Subject: Relates to Joseph Sympson (British, active 1710–50)
Date: 1741–50
Medium: Mezzotint, etching and engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 5 13/16 in. × 5 7/8 in. (14.7 × 15 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 3/8 in. (23.4 × 18.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Object Number: 60.599.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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