James Ogilvie, Earl of Seafield
Artist
John Smith
(English, ca. 1652 - 1742)
Artist After
Godfrey Kneller
(English, born Germany, 1646 - 1723)
Date1704
MediumMezzotint
DimensionsImage: 18 1/4 × 12 3/4 inches (46.36 × 32.39 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (50.47 × 35.23 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (50.47 × 35.23 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert B. Fizzell
Object number58-70/33
On View
Not on viewCollections
Exhibition HistoryArchitecture and Decorative Arts in Prints from the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 13-April 10, 1983, no. 32, as James Ogilvie, Earl of Seafield (third state), dated 1704.
Lord Seafield (1663?1730) was a Scottish politician. He was a signatory to the Union of England and Scotland of 1707, and represented Scotland in the new unified parliament of Great Britain. The engraving shows him as a handsome, stubborn man clad in the robes of the Chancellor of Scotland.
Architecture and Decorative Arts in Prints from the Permanent Collection, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 13-April 10, 1983, p. 5, as James Ogilvie, Earl of Seafield (third state), dated 1704.
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