| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | John Smith after William Wissing |
| Published | E. Cooper exc. [c.1710] |
| Dimensions | Image 392 x 250 mm, Plate 417 x 252 mm, Sheet 462 x 296 mm |
| Notes |
Full-length portrait of Alice Brownlow, standing with her right foot and right arm resting upon an ornate pedestal. The pedestal is topped with flowers, and at the base, a small dog. Alice is depicted wearing a luxurious, loosely fitted dress, with a fringed layer that she lifts with her left hand. Her head is slightly turned to the right, but her gaze fixes upon the viewer, and her curled hair is worn partly up. Set to the right of composition, upon another pedestal, is an orange tree in a vase, with a parrot perched on one of the branches. Lady Alice Brownlow (1659 - 1721) was the daughter of Richard Sherard and Margaret Dewe, and in 1679, married English Member of Parliament, Sir John Brownlow, 3rd Baronet. John Smith (1652 - 1743) early British mezzotinter. He was born at Daventry, Northamptonshire, about 1652. He was articled to a painter named Tillet in London, and studied mezzotint engraving under Isaac Beckett and Jan van der Vaardt. He became the favourite engraver of Sir Godfrey Kneller, whose paintings he extensively reproduced, and in whose house he is said to have lived for some time. He produced some 500 plates, 300 of which are portraits. On giving up business he retired to Northamptonshire, where he died on 17 January 1742 at the age of ninety. He was buried in the churchyard of St Peter's, Northampton, where there was a tablet to his memory and that of his wife Sarah, who died in 1717. William Wissing (1656 - 1687) was a portrait painter born in Holland. Wissing came to England 1676 as assistant to Peter Lely. After Lely's death in 1680, he inherited many of his patrons, and was the most formidable rival to Sir Godfrey Kneller until his early death in 1687 while painting a family piece at Burghley. Chanelor Smith 26 ii/iii, O'Donoghue 1, Russell 26, Lennox-Boyd iii/iv Ex. Col.: Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Tipped to album page. Time toning to margins, and edges of sheet slightly torn and creased. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £350.00 |
| Stock ID | 16733 |