James Gibbs, Architect
1705-1725
Artist, American, born England, 1697 - 1751
Publisher, British, active 1682 - 1754
Artwork overview
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Medium
mezzotint in black on laid paper mounted to wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 35.56 × 25.4 cm (14 × 10 in.)
mount: 46.99 × 32.86 cm (18 1/2 × 12 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1950.14.528
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Catalogue Raisonné
Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 21
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
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.
Inscriptions
lower center in plate: Jacobus Gibbs, Architectus; along bottom edge in plate: H. Hysing pinx. / P. Pelham fecit. / Sold by E. Cooper at the 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street
Markings
lower left verso in black ink: Hermann Marx stamp [Lugt 2816a]; lower left verso in black ink: NGA/LJR stamp
Wikidata ID
Q65081762