Sir John Vanbrugh
John Simon, English, 1675 - 1755
after Godfrey Kneller, English, 1646 - 1723
about 1731-1734
Mezzotint on laid paper
Overall: 13 7/8 × 10 in. (35.3 × 25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.961.190
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: G. Kneller S.R. Imp: et Mag: Brit: Baronet pinx.; center: S.r John Vanbrugh.; lower right: Sold by J. Smith in Russell Street
Exhibition History
Portraits at Dartmouth, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 10-April 16, 1978.
Publication History
Arthur R. Blumenthal, Portraits at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1978, p. 29, no. 20.
Provenance
R. E. Lewis, Inc., New York; sold to present collection, 1961.
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