Joseph Addison (1672-1719) (after Sir Godfrey Kneller)
John Simon (Normandy c. 1675 – London 1754)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Measurements
360 x 255 mm
Order this imageCollection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 636847
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Joseph Addison (1672-1719) (after Sir Godfrey Kneller) by John Simon (Normandy c. 1675 – London 1754). Half-length portrait, turned slightly to the left, gazing at the spectator, in full bottom wig, open fronted jacket and loose white shirt, left hand resting on a stone plinth.
Provenance
1944, gifted to the National Trust by Field Marshal Sir Archibald and Lady Montgomery Massingberd.
Makers and roles
John Simon (Normandy c. 1675 – London 1754), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), publisher