Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row, King of the Generethgarick

after 1710

John Simon after John Verelst

Associated Names
John Simon

Artist, British, c. 1675 - 1751

John Verelst

Artist After, British, born the Netherlands, c. 1675 - 1734

The image shows a person standing in a forest setting. The individual has a confident stance, holding a bow. They have distinct facial features with markings, tied hair, and wear a cloak, belt, and laced footwear. A canine companion stands by their feet. The background includes dense foliage, trees, and another human figure engaging in an activity.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.9 × 25.4 cm (16 1/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.41

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 84, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 1.

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

across bottom in plate: Ho Nee Yeath Taw No Row King of the Generethgarick; lower left in plate: I. Verelst pinx; lower center in plate: I Simon fecit; lower right in plate: Sold at ye Rainbow and Dovey Corner of Ivey Bridge in ye Strand

Wikidata ID

Q76346405

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