Artist: George Jamesone (?)(British, 1586-1644), Scottish portrait painter, after.
Engraver: Thomas Trotter (British, 1756-1803), engraver who very occasionally published his own work.
Title: Portrait of Zachary Boyd (1585-1653), Scottish minister and university administrator who wrote many sermons, scriptural versifications and other devotional works. He served as Dean of Faculties, Rector and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Glasgow.
Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated: Published 20 December 1795, by I. Herbert, No. 29 Great Russel Street Bloomsbury. Trotter sc. Zachariah Boyd, Minister at Glasgow from a Picture in the College there.
Dimensions: Platemark 7 1/8" x 5". Mat 20" x 13".
Publisher: Isaac Herbert.
Date: 1795.
Materials and Techniques: etching and engraving on wove paper affixed at the upper corners together with the next page with the biography from the same book .
Watermark: yes.
Mat and Frame: Matted. The mat bears the label of the Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, Michigan (before 1987).
Provenance: Lakeside Studio, Lakeside, Michigan (before 1987).
- The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: John Pinkerton. Iconographia Scotica, or Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Scotland. London, 1797. Page 98. Following page with the bio is also attached.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1933,0626.59.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XVII C. British School XVIII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of the same item from the British Museum collection.