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Portrait of Sir Christopher Wren

Godfrey Kneller1713

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

  • Title: Portrait of Sir Christopher Wren
  • Creator: John Smith after Godfrey Kneller
  • Date Created: 1713
  • Subject Keywords: artist portraits, male portraits, portraits
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “G Kneller S.R. Imp. et Angl. Eques Aur. Pinx 1711 J Smith fec.”
  • Print State: Second of three states
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1960
  • Materials & Techniques: Mezzotint on laid paper. Watermark: Large heraldic shield
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Published by John Smith at the Lyon & Crown in Russell Street, Convent Garden
  • Dimensions: 1742
  • Bibliography: Chaloner Smith 283 ii/iii; Russell 283; Nagler 223 (vol. 24, p. 545)
  • Associated People: Created by John Smith (British (English), 1652 or 1654 - 1742), After Godfrey Kneller (British (English), 1646-1723)
  • Accession Number: 1960.10.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

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