ID: 700001336 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001336	Record Type: Movable Work

[Portrait of Sir Jeffrey Amherst] (mezzotint (print); James Watson (Irish engraver, ca. 1740-1790); Published: 1766; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 1569-590; 546874; accession number: 2000.PR.46**)

Note: Title devised; Signed on plate, in the left and right corners below the image; State I according to Smith: before arms, inscription, and lettering on map, and the addresses of Reynolds and Watson in scratched letters. Smith provides details about four states. State I according to Russel: with the inscription area uncleaned. Russel follows Smith, and also distinguishes four various states of the inscription space. State I according to Le Blanc, who lists three states. Possibly one of the four proofs mentioned by O'Donoghue; A reproductive print by James Watson after Joshua Reynolds's portrait of Sir Jeffrey Amherst (1717-1797), an army commander who captured Canada for Great Britain during the French and Indian War (1758-1760); British engraver in mezzotint; best known for his work after Joshua Reynolds. Publication: 1766.

Titles:

[Portrait of Sir Jeffrey Amherst] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

[Portrait of Sir Jeffrey Amherst]; [graphic] / J. Reynolds pinx.t ; J. Watson fecit 1766. (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mezzotint (print) [300041356] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints, engravings (prints))

reproductive print [300041569]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works))

print (visual work) [300041273]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1766

Creator Display:

James Watson (Irish engraver, ca. 1740-1790) [preferred,GRISC]

engraver (printmaker) Watson, James (Irish engraver, ca. 1740-1790) [500007231]

Reynolds, Joshua (English painter, collector, 1723-1792) [500004539]

Locations:

Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1569-590; 546874; accession number: 2000.PR.46**

Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections

Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Display Materials: 1 print: mezzotint, b&w

	prints (visual works) [300041273]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

	mezzotint (process) [300053233]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes, engraving (printing process))

	black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: image 45.6 x 32.5 cm, on sheet 46.3 x 33.3 cm

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

another work

Specific Subjects:

	Amherst, Jeffery (British military officer, 1717-1797) [500354646]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	single-sitter portrait [300404138]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

Provenance: Otto Schäfer

Inscriptions: J. Reynolds pinx.t ; J. Watson fecit 1766.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
[Portrait of Sir Jeffrey Amherst]	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 546874
[Portrait of Sir Jeffrey Amherst]; [graphic] / J. Reynolds pinx.t ; J. Watson fecit 1766.	........ [GRISC,VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]

....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)

....................... Le Blanc, C. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes v. 4, p. 187, no. 2

Note:
English	..... [GRISC,VP]
	..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)