Skip to main content
Advanced Search
D2006-CMD-001
Portrait of John Boydell
D2006-CMD-001

Portrait of John Boydell

Date1772
Engraver Valentine Green
After work by Josiah Boydell
Publisher John Boydell
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint with line engraving
DimensionsOH: 17 7/8" x OW: 13" (trimmed to the plate)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1975-88
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Joisah Boydell, pinxit./ Valentine Green fecit./ John Boydell/ Engraver./ VOL. II. N.o 61./ Published Aug.st 10.th 1772 by John Boydell in Cheapside London."
Label TextPortrait of engraver and printseller John Boydell (1720-1804) by his nephew artist Josiah Boydell (1752-1817). He unfurls an engraving of Salvator Rosa's painting of "Jason Charming the Dragon." He rests his arm on a table on which sits Boydell's Catalogue of prints and a burin.