Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon, in the Mayor of Garrat

1765

Johann Gottfried Haid

Artist, German, 1710 - 1776

John Boydell

Artist, British, 1719 - 1804

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 43.1 x 50.5 cm (16 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 43.5 x 51.2 cm (17 1/8 x 20 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.118.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 2, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1994

  • Theatre: The Age of Garrick: English Mezzotints from the Collection of the Honorable Christopher Lennox-Boyd. The Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1996, no. 14.

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: undesc.

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

1926

  • Russell, Charles Edward. English Mezzotint Portraits and Their States. 2 vols. London: Halton and Truscott Smith, Ltd., 1926.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Zoffanij Pinxit; lower center in plate: J. Boydell Excudit / MR. FOOTE in the Character of MAJOR STURGEON, / in the Mayor of Garrat. / Published according to Act of Parliament August 14th 1765. by JOHN BOYDELL, Engraver, in Cheapside, LONDON; lower right in plate: J.G. Haid fecit.
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Wikidata ID

Q76346150

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