IMAGE
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 :Sir Joseph Banks Bt. Painted by Benjamin West. Engraved by J R Smith. London Molteno Colnaghi, 1788.
- Date
- 1788
- By
- West, Benjamin (Sir), 1738-1820; Molteno Colnaghi & Company; Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961
- Reference
- C-017-016
- Description
Shows the young Joseph Banks, not long after his return from James Cook's first circumnavigation, standing by a pillar, a curtain to the right and a sky background to the left. He is wearing a Maori flax cloak with a fine taniko border. A birdcage, a taiaha, a canoe paddle and an adze are on his right side and at his feet, along with a book containing plant specimens and other Pacific artifacts.
Edges trimmed.
Another copy held by the Library, C-017-016-1, uncoloured and trimmed to plate marks
The original oil on which this mezzotint is based hangs in the Usher Gallery, Lincolnshire, England
Inscriptions: Verso - Note in A. W. F. Fuller's hand describes scene and says colouring done by hand.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Hand-coloured mezzotint, 610 x 380 mm on sheet 620 x 410 mm
Provenance: Collection of Capt. A. W. F. Fuller.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Mezzotints, Portraits, Hand-coloured mezzotint, 610 x 380 mm on sheet 620 x 410 mm
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