Printing plate
copper plate
Portrait of Mary Knatchbull
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.93
Artist/Designer/Maker
Unknown artist
Production date
1800-1848
Material
copper
Technique
Stipple
Dimensions
height: 383mm
width: 282mm
width: 282mm
Location
Burlington House - Box G
Content description
Printing plate with the portrait of Mary Knatchbull; with copper plate maker's stamp on reverse.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
HUGHES
PETERBOH CT
LONDON
PETERBOH CT
LONDON
References
Reference (controlled)
Betti, Chiara. “Lost Treasures Resurface: The Untold Story of the Society of Antiquaries’ Printing Plates.” The Antiquaries Journal 104 (2024): 304–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581524000179.
Printing plate with the portrait of Mary Knatchbull; with copper plate maker's stamp on reverse.
Mary Knatchbull (1610–96) was abbess of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception in Ghent in what is now Belgium.
This plate is listed in a handlist of the woodblocks and copper plates commissioned by Thomas Streatfeild found in one drawer at the Society of Antiquaries. In the list, the plate is described as "Portrait of a Lady - Mary Knatchbull, large".
The printing plates and woodblocks commissioned by Streatfeild for his "History of Kent" were donated by Mrs Streatfeild (possibly daughter-in-law) to the Society in 1890 (see Proceedings, May 1st, 1890, p. 149).
This plate is listed in a handlist of the woodblocks and copper plates commissioned by Thomas Streatfeild found in one drawer at the Society of Antiquaries. In the list, the plate is described as "Portrait of a Lady - Mary Knatchbull, large".
The printing plates and woodblocks commissioned by Streatfeild for his "History of Kent" were donated by Mrs Streatfeild (possibly daughter-in-law) to the Society in 1890 (see Proceedings, May 1st, 1890, p. 149).