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Richard Low / Isaac Beckett [artwork]
- Title
- Richard Low [artwork]
- Artist
- Beckett, Isaac, 1652/53-1688
- Date Created
- ca. 1681-1688
- Genre
- artwork
- Physical Description
- 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches (29.8 x 22.5 cm.)
- Artist notes
- after a painting possibly by John Hayls, portraitist, 1600?-1679; published by John Smith, painter, draughtsman, and engraver, 1652-1743
- Artist nationality
- British
- Artist role
- draughtsman and engraver
- Original artist
- Hayls, John, 1600?-1679
- Inscription
- Recto: l. l.: Hays pinx : ; bottom center: Richard Low ; l. r.: I S[mi]th ex [and] Beckett fe : ; verso: u. r.: (in pencil) 16 ; lower right center: (in pencil) W & Mary ; l. r.: (in pencil) Vol. 1 - p. 304 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/506
- Medium
- Mezzotint.
- Condition
- Fair to good condition. Trimmed to plate impression. Mezzotint appears to have been removed from its backing or support, which may account for light "rubbing" or losses around border of mezzotint. Small loss lower right has been mended, but name of publisher is illegible because of it. Tiny rust-colored stain lower right.
- Provenance
- The Arthur H. Clark Company, Glendale, California, 18 Feb. 1932.
- Instrument
- Violin, Recorder, Organ, Lyre
- Related names
- Smith, John, 1652-1743
- Century
- 17th century
- Subjects
- Reproductive print [after well-known artist]
- Musician - Single player
- Miller category
- Exhibition
- Miller ID
- 0321/X
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 03-05-2014