Item 151: Engraving by Bernard Picart of Nicolas Tindal, after George Knapton (removed to Print Box #5) , 1733
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 151
Dates
- Created: 1733
Creator
- Knapton, George, 1698-1778 (Person)
Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Mezzotint
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
13 ⅝ in. x 9 3/16 in.
Title:
Nicolas Tindal
Description:
This is an engraving of Nicolas Tindal. His portrait is surrounded in a frame upon a crest. This piece was painted by George Knapton and engraved by Bernard Picart.
Nicolas Tindal was born in 1687 and was the translator and continuer of the History of England written by Paul de Rapin. Due to the low amount of comprehensive histories that existed at this time Tindal wrote a ‘Continuation’ of the Kingdom and reigns of James II to George II. This continuation consisted of three volumes that translated Rapin’s History. Tindal was Rector of Alverstoke in Hampshire, Vicar of Great Waltham, Essex, Chaplain of Greenwich Hospital and a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. He died on June 27, 1774.
George Knapton was born in Christchurch, Hampshire in 1698 and was an English portrait painter. In his early career he studied under Jonathan Richardson. In the 1740s he was the first portraitist for the Society of Dilettanti. From 1765 to 1778 he became Surveyor and Keeper of the King’s Pictures. Knapton died in 1778.
Bernard Picart or Picard was a French draftsman, engraver and book illustrator born in rue Saint-Jacques, Paris on June 11, 1673. He was known to show interest in cultural and religious habits. He was the son of famous engraver Etienne Picart and taught by Charles le Brun, Benoît Audran the Elder, Sébastien Leclerc and Antoine Coypel. He took over his father’s workshop in 1698 and later his wife and children had died. He settled in The Hague with Prosper Marchand where they studied works of John Locke. Picart died on May 8, 1733.
Transcription:
Nicholas Tindal
G. Kapton pinxt [painted] B. Picart sculp[engraved]1733
1733 in pencil
1733 in pencil
Creator
- Knapton, George, 1698-1778 (Person)
- Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733 (Person)
Repository Details
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