Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743, British, The Kings Birds, 1680s
- Title:
- The Kings Birds
- Additional Title(s):
- The Kings Burds
- Date:
- 1680s
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint, with burinwork on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches (24.1 × 18.1 cm), Image: 9 × 6 15/16 inches (22.9 × 17.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "2/6 | 10232 | 434[g]"; lower left: "535- | 5-"
Lettered, lower left: "F Barlow pinx."; lettered lower center: "The Kings Burds."; lettered, lower right: "J Smith ex"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1242
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23090
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Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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