COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
04541
Record number:
04541
JCB call number:
En71 K68r
Image title:
The Right Honble. Charles Mountague. One of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury &c.
Creator 1:
John Smith
Creator 1 dates:
1652-1743
Creator 1 role:
fec: et excud:
Creator 2:
Sir Godfrey Kneller
Creator 2 dates:
1646-1723
Creator 2 role:
pinx.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
I. Smith
Image date:
1713?
Image function:
print
Technique:
mezzotint engraving
Image dimension height:
31.2 cm.
Image dimension width:
24.4 cm.
Page dimension height:
34 cm.
Page dimension width:
24.9 cm.
Materials medium:
ink
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English
Description:
Portrait of Charles Montagu, 1st earl of Halifax.
notes:
Charles Montagu, 1st earl of Halifax (1661-1715), became a lord of the Treasury in 1691, and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1694. He became Lord Halifax in 1701. This print was made from a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller which is presently on display at Beningbrough Hall, England.
Time Period:
1701-1750
References:
Smith, J.C. British mezzotint portraits, vol. 3, p. 1202
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1961.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Subject Area:
Portraits
Subject headings:
Portraits, British
The Right Honble. Charles Mountague. One of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury &c.
