Return to Palmer Collection home page
Skip
to main content
More Information
Devotion in Such Looks
Artist
John Smith
(British, 1652 - 1743)
After
Godfrey Kneller
(English, b. Germany, 1646 - 1723)
Date1705
MediumMezzotint; 2nd of 3 states
DimensionsOverall Inches: plate: 13-9/16 x 9-7/8 inches, sheet: 17-13/16 x 11-1/8 inches; Overall Centimeters: plate: 34.8 x 25.2 cm, sheet: 45.6 x 28.3 cm
Credit LineTransfer from The Pennsylvania State University Libraries Print Collection
Object number2009.243
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameMezzotint
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorthern European
NationalityBritish
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Eighteenth
Signedbottom left in plate: G. Kneller
Inscribedbottom center in plate: Devotion in such looks does Graceful Shine / And forces us to own her pow’r divine.; bottom left in plate: S. R. imp. & Angl Eques Aur. pinx; bottom center in plate: J. Smith fec. 1705; bottom right in plate: Sold by J. Smith at ye Lyon & Crown in Russell Street Covent Garden
Exhibition HistoryLa Manière Anglaise: Mezzotints from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, May 28 – August 25, 2013.ProvenanceTransfer from The Pennsylvania State University Libraries Print Collection