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John Chaloner Smith

Also known as: John Chaloner Smith; primary name: Smith, John Chaloner; other name: Chaloner Smith, John
Details: individual; collector; British; Male
Life dates: 1827-1895
Biography: Railway engineer and collector and historian of mezzotints. Author of the four-volume catalogue of 'British Mezzotinto Portraits' (1883)
Bibliography: Collection sold Sotheby's 21 March 1887 and 25 April 1888. Signed his prints with his initials and a number on the verso at the top left corner

270 related objects

print

Museum number: 1892,0714.699 |
Producer name: After:Valentin de BoulognePrint made by:F Avisse |
Production date: 1750-1790

print

Title: Messire Paul Tallemant de l'Académie Françoise |
Museum number: 1891,0511.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard EdelinckAfter:Antoine Coypel |
Production date: 1693

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Title: George King of Great Britain |
Museum number: 1888,0515.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Bickham the YoungerAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1721-1771

print

Museum number: 1888,0515.60 |
Producer name: BIOG162089 Print made by:Christopher Sharp |
Production date: 1737-1797

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Title: Miss Brown in the Character of Clara |
Museum number: 1888,0716.353 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Raphael SmithPublished by:William Humphrey |
Production date: 1778

print

Title: John Wilkes, Esqr |
Museum number: 1888,0515.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard PurcellAfter:Robert Edge Pine |
Production date: 1764

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Title: The Lady Grisell Kar, wife of Patrick Earle of Marchmont & Lord high Chancellour of Scotland |
Museum number: 1888,0515.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Smith, the mezzotinterAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1699

print

Title: Charles Emanuel King of Sardinia |
Museum number: 1887,0406.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BurfordAfter:Clementina Turin |
Production date: 1730-1770

print

Title: Cornelius Nary CFPDr |
Museum number: 1887,0406.107 |
Producer name: BIOG21015 Print made by:John Brooks |
Production date: 1740-1756

print

Title: His Royl Highness William Augustus Duke of Cumberland, &c |
Museum number: 1888,0515.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:John SimonPublished by:John Simon

print

Title: His Royal Highness Prince William Augustus Duke of Lancaster, and First Knight of the B |
Museum number: 1888,0515.30 |
Producer name: BIOG46284 Print made by:John Simon |
Production date: 1727

print

Title: William Marquess of Annandale, Earl of Hartfell, Viscount of Annan, Lord Johnstone of Lochwood Lochm |
Museum number: 1888,0515.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Smith, the mezzotinterAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1703

print

Title: The Countess of Litchfield |
Museum number: 1887,0406.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac BeckettAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1682-1688

print

Title: Marie Antoinette d'Autriche, soeur de l'Empereur, Reine de France et de Navarre |
Museum number: 1887,0406.54 |
Producer name: BIOG21023 Print made by:Richard Brookshaw |
Production date: 1774

print

Title: Sir Samuel Cooke |
Museum number: 1887,0406.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:James Latham |
Production date: 1741

print

Title: Louis Quinze - S'il aima bien son peuple Il en fut bien aimé |
Museum number: 1888,0716.373 |
Producer name: Print made by:François Xavier VispréAfter:Jean Étienne Liotard |
Production date: 1740s-1780s

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Title: March The Months |
Museum number: 1887,0406.116 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1745

print

Title: Paul Elers Esqr |
Museum number: 1887,0406.65 |
Producer name: BIOG23095 Print made by:Butler Clowes |
Production date: 1769

print

Museum number: 1887,0406.68 |
Producer name: BIOG23095 Print made by:Butler Clowes |
Production date: 1770s

print

Title: Sr Robert Cotton of Combermere in the County of Chester Bart. |
Museum number: 1888,0515.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Smith, the mezzotinterAfter:Thomas Gibson |
Production date: 1706

print

Title: Mrs Jemima Palmer |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6625 |
Producer name: Print made by:George WhiteAfter:Charles D'Agar |
Production date: 1700-1730

print

Title: The Countess of Westmerland |
Museum number: 1887,0406.101 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac BeckettAfter:John Riley |
Production date: 1683-1688

print

Title: The Right Honble. Sr. Robert Walpole |
Museum number: 1887,0406.132 |
Producer name: BIOG134734 Published by:John Cooper |
Production date: 1725-1735

print

Title: November The Months |
Museum number: 1887,0406.126 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1747

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Title: N de Largeliere |
Museum number: 1902,1011.125 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac BeckettAfter:Nicolas de Largillière |
Production date: 1686

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Museum number: 1887,0406.80 |
Producer name: BIOG32141 Print made by:Richard Houston |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: February The Months |
Museum number: 1887,0406.114 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1745

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Title: The Right Honble Peter Lord King, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain &c |
Museum number: 1887,0406.74 |
Producer name: BIOG134734 Published by:John Cooper |
Production date: 1726

print

Title: Iohannes Caius |
Museum number: 1888,0515.26 |
Producer name: BIOG43880 Print made by:William Robins |
Production date: 1725-1731

print

Title: Ferdin: Paer Parmigiano |
Museum number: 1944,1014.476 |
Producer name: Print made by:Paolo ToschiPrint made by:Antonio Isac |
Production date: 1810-1828

print

Museum number: 1888,0515.62 |
Producer name: BIOG162089 Print made by:Christopher Sharp |
Production date: 1737-1797

print

Title: Sr Peter Paul Rubens |
Museum number: 1902,1011.7029 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1750s-1800s

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Title: Mr John Dryden, Sr Samuel Garth, Sr John Vanbrugh, Poets and Philosophers of England |
Museum number: 1888,0515.35 |
Producer name: BIOG46284 Print made by:John Simon |
Production date: 1690-1742

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Title: Madam Smith Wife of Erasmus Smith Esquire |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6642 |
Producer name: Print made by:George WhiteAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1700-1740

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Title: George William Second Son to his Royall Higness George Prince of Wales. |
Museum number: 1888,0716.392 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:Edward Cooper |
Production date: 1717-1720

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Title: His Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales &c |
Museum number: 1888,0515.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:John SimonAfter:Philippe Mercier |
Production date: 1734-1742

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Title: The Honble Madame Constantia Hare, Twinn-Sister to Montague Hare Esqr. deceas'd ... |
Museum number: 1888,0515.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Smith, the mezzotinterAfter:Herman Verelst |
Production date: 1694

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Title: William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire |
Museum number: 1887,0406.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BrooksAfter:James Worsdale |
Production date: 1740-1756

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Title: William Stratford Esqr, L.L.D. |
Museum number: 1887,0406.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:James Cranke |
Production date: 1744-1765

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Title: Signor Ambrogetti in the character of Don Giovanni |
Museum number: 1944,1014.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:John Partridge |
Production date: 1797-1847

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Title: The Fortune Teller |
Museum number: 1888,0716.364 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Raphael SmithAfter:Rev Matthew William Peters |
Production date: 1786

print

Museum number: 1889,0603.294 |
Producer name: BIOG38292 Print made by:Henry Meyer |
Production date: 1797-1847

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Title: October The Months |
Museum number: 1887,0406.147 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1745

print; frontispiece

Title: Beauties at Hampton Court |
Museum number: 1887,0406.140 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1723

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Title: Orinda Phillips |
Museum number: 1887,0406.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac BeckettPublished by:Isaac Beckett |
Production date: 1683-1688

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Title: Les Deux Ami, or The two Friends Mrs Smith and Mrs Prothero |
Museum number: 1888,0716.361 |
Producer name: BIOG46585 Print made by:John Raphael Smith |
Production date: 1778

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Title: Margaret Patten |
Museum number: 1887,0406.73 |
Producer name: BIOG134734 Print made by:John Cooper |
Production date: 1737

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Title: The Reverend Roger Pickering FRS |
Museum number: 1887,0406.59 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1747

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Title: The Reverend Mr Shirley, Chaplain to the Countess of Huntingdon |
Museum number: 1887,0406.137 |
Producer name: Print made by:John DixonAfter:Robert Edge Pine |
Production date: 1773

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Title: April The Months |
Museum number: 1887,0406.117 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1745

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Title: Charles James Fox |
Museum number: 1888,0716.344 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IAfter:Sir Richard Westmacott |
Production date: 1817

print

Title: Georgius August Princeps Wallae |
Museum number: 1887,0406.70 |
Producer name: BIOG23215 Print made by:James Cole |
Production date: 1720-1743

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Title: The most Reverend Father in God, Dr Thomas Herring, by Divine Providecne, Archbishop of Canterbury . |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6656 |
Producer name: Print made by:George WhiteAfter:Thomas Gibson |
Production date: 1716-1737

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Title: The Reverend Mr Shirley, Chaplain to the Countess of Huntingdon |
Museum number: 1887,0406.138 |
Producer name: Print made by:John DixonAfter:Robert Edge Pine |
Production date: 1773

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.186 |
Producer name: BIOG18927 Print made by:Isaac Beckett |
Production date: 1681-1688

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Title: Gulielmus Tertius D.G. Angliae Scotiae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex &c. |
Museum number: 1888,0515.76.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:John Smith, the mezzotinterAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1695

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Title: La Marchesa Gabrieli |
Museum number: 1887,0406.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:David MartinAfter:Pompeo Batoni |
Production date: 1766

print

Title: Mrs Pilkington |
Museum number: 1902,1011.7312 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1720s

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Museum number: 1888,0515.66 |
Producer name: BIOG162089 Print made by:Christopher Sharp |
Production date: 1737-1797

print

Title: Mrs Armstrong |
Museum number: 1888,0716.376 |
Producer name: BIOG46585 Print made by:John Raphael Smith |
Production date: 1778

print

Title: His most Serene Highness William Frederick Marg-grave of Brandenburg |
Museum number: 1888,0515.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:John SimonAfter:Johann Peter Feuerlein |
Production date: 1700-1713

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Title: November The Months |
Museum number: 1887,0406.127 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1747

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Title: Mr Shuter |
Museum number: 1887,0406.135 |
Producer name: BIOG24667 Print made by:Philip Dawe |
Production date: 1773

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Museum number: 1888,0515.63 |
Producer name: BIOG162089 Print made by:Christopher Sharp |
Production date: 1737-1797

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Museum number: 1888,0716.369 |
Producer name: BIOG50356 Print made by:William Ward |
Production date: 1781-1826

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Title: Matthew Henry VDM |
Museum number: 1887,0406.84 |
Producer name: BIOG37119 Print made by:R Manwaring |
Production date: 18thC(late)

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Title: The Rt Honble Nathaniel Kane Esqr |
Museum number: 1887,0406.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BrooksAfter:Stephen Slaughter |
Production date: 1740-1756

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Title: The Honble Robert Boyl, Sr Isaac Newton, Mr John F Poets and Philosophers of England |
Museum number: 1888,0515.37 |
Producer name: BIOG46284 Print made by:John Simon |
Production date: 1690-1742

print

Title: Grey Nevil Arm: Quantae Pietatis Imago! Virg. |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6624 |
Producer name: Print made by:George WhiteAfter:Michael Dahl |
Production date: 1720

print

Title: January The Months |
Museum number: 1887,0406.113 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1745

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Title: The Honble Joseph Addison, Mathew Prior Esq, Mr Al Poets and Philosophers of England |
Museum number: 1888,0515.36 |
Producer name: BIOG46284 Print made by:John Simon |
Production date: 1690-1742

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Title: The Right Honble James Earl of Derby |
Museum number: 1887,0406.94 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peter PelhamAfter:Hamlet Winstanley |
Production date: 1726

print

Title: May The Months |
Museum number: 1887,0406.120 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1745

print

Title: William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire |
Museum number: 1887,0406.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BrooksAfter:James Worsdale |
Production date: 1740-1756

print

Title: Georgius secundus |
Museum number: 1887,0406.55 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1727-1775

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Museum number: 1902,1011.7165 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1750-1800

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Title: Marlborough |
Museum number: 1887,0406.71 |
Producer name: BIOG23215 Print made by:James Cole |
Production date: 1722

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Title: Sr. Robert Cotton of Combermere in the County of Chester Bart. |
Museum number: 1888,0515.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Smith, the mezzotinterAfter:Thomas Gibson |
Production date: 1706

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Title: Sir John Smith, Bart. |
Museum number: 1887,0406.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BarnardAfter:Lemuel Francis Abbott |
Production date: 1797

print

Title: December The Months |
Museum number: 1887,0406.128 |
Producer name: BIOG21371 Print made by:Thomas Burford |
Production date: 1745-1747

print

Title: Mr Francis Beaumont, Mr John Fletcher, Mr John Mil Poets and Philosophers of England |
Museum number: 1888,0515.34 |
Producer name: BIOG46284 Print made by:John Simon |
Production date: 1690-1742

print

Title: Sylvia |
Museum number: 1888,0716.405 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Raphael SmithAfter:Rev Matthew William Peters |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rev.d Sam.l Palmer |
Museum number: 1888,0716.399 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:Arthur William Devis |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum & Chancellor of ye most Noble Order of |
Museum number: 1888,0515.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Smith, the mezzotinterAfter:John Riley |
Production date: 1689-1691 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: John Barber Esq, Lord Mayor of the City of London, in the Memorable Year 1733 |
Museum number: 1887,0406.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Bartholomew Dandridge |
Production date: 1740 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.7311 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George William Second Son to his Royall Highness George Prince of Wales |
Museum number: 1888,0515.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:John SimonPublished by:Edward Cooper |
Production date: 1718-1725 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sir John Smith, Bart. |
Museum number: 1887,0406.144 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BarnardAfter:Lemuel Francis Abbott |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: The Sleeping Child |
Museum number: 1887,0406.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DoughtyAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Cowherds |
Museum number: 1888,0716.366 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Raphael SmithAfter:George Carter |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: The Prince Regent |
Museum number: 1888,0716.406 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Thomas Phillips |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Georgius DG Mag: Britanniae Franciae et Hibernia Rex Fidei Defensor... |
Museum number: 1888,0515.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:John SimonAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1716 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.923 |
Producer name: Print made by:J C EaslingAfter:Sir Martin Archer Shee |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Frederick |
Museum number: 1888,0515.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Raphael SmithPublished by:William Humphrey |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Her Grace the Dutchess of Monmouth ye Earle of Doncaster & ye Lord Henry |
Museum number: 1888,0515.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Smith, the mezzotinterAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1688 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: The Revd John Hramar Sheffield. Patentee of the Machines for raising and shearing Cloth |
Museum number: 1888,0716.394 |
Producer name: BIOG46585 Print made by:John Raphael Smith |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: [The Spell] |
Museum number: 1888,0716.368 |
Producer name: Print made by:James WalkerAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: The Revd John Herries, AM |
Museum number: 1888,0515.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard ReadAfter:David Martin |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: The Rev.nd Obadiah Bennett, Minister of Buckingham Chapel, Westminster |
Museum number: 2006,U.2490 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:John Nash |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Mr Wicherley |
Museum number: 1888,0515.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:John SimonPublished by:John Bowles |
Production date: 1690-1742 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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