Her Grace the Dutchess of Monmouth

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Her Grace the Dutchess of Monmouth

Entry/Object ID

2021.05.11

Description

Woman sitting in the center with a boy on her right and her left. Inscription at bottom

Type of Print

Engraving, Mezzotint

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Acquisition

Accession

2021.05

Source or Donor

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

John Smith

Role

Print Maker

Artist

Godfrey Kneller

Attribution

After

Role

Painter

Date made

circa 1688

Time Period

17th Century

Place

City

London, England

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

16-1/2 in

Width

10 in

Color

Black, White

Provenance

Notes

Acquired by the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette in 1979 {1}; donated to Purdue University Galleries in 2021 {1} based on accession number

Copyright

Type of License

None

Copyright Holder

Purdue University Galleries

Restrictions

In the public domain.

Exhibition

Legacy of Gifting: Donations from the Lafayette Art Museum (2023)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition label

Label

John Smith (1752-1743), British after Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723), German-British Her Grace the Duchess of Monmouth and Her Children, ca. 1688 Ink on paper mezzotint 2021.05.11 The sitter is Anna Scott (1651-1732), a Scottish born noblewoman. She married James Crofts-Scott in 1663, the recognized illegitimate son of King Charles II (1630-1685), thereby making her a daughter in law to the king of England. After the death of Charles in 1685, her husband led an unsuccessful coup against his Catholic uncle King James II and VII (1633-1701). He was captured and executed in June 1685. Based on the ages of her sons, the original painting was made in the early 1880s, shortly before her husband’s death. The print was probably produced after King James was overthrown by his daughters and sons-in-law in the Glorious Revolution in 1688. A portrait of his son-in-law George of Denmark is also in this exhibition.