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James McArdell

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2006.102
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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James MacArdell was an Irish mezzotinter who moved to London, there he was considered one of the finest mezzotint engravers in the country. He engraved portraits of many of the famous people of his time.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (20)

Portrait of John Lockhart, Esquire

1765 · Mezzotint on paper

Image: 35.2 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.); Sheet: 39.2 × 27.9 cm (15 7/16 × 11 in.); Secondary support: 48.2 × 31.5 cm (19 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portret van Thomas Ashton

1763 · paper

height: 327 cm, width: 229 cm

Rijksmuseum

David Garrick as King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 1)

1761 · Mezzotint; first state of two, proof before letters

Sheet (trimmed to plate): 16 3/16 × 20 1/4 in. (41.1 × 51.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Charlotte Queen of Great Britain

1761 · paper

width: 358 cm, height: 507 cm

Rijksmuseum

Mr. Garrick in the Character of King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 1)

1761 · Mezzotint; second state

Sheet (trimmed within plate): 16 1/8 × 20 1/4 in. (41 × 51.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Time Clipping the Wings of Love

1760 · Mezzotint on ivory laid paper

Image: 45.8 × 35.2 cm (18 1/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Plate: 50.8 × 35.4 cm (20 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 55.6 × 41.2 cm (21 15/16 × 16 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portret van William Pulteney

1758 · paper

width: 248 cm, height: 352 cm

Rijksmuseum

Lady Elizabeth Montagu

1756 · Mezzotint on ivory laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

The Right Honorable Henry Fox, Esr.

1756 · Mezzotint

plate: 13 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (35.3 x 25 cm) sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (37.5 x 26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Emily, Countess of Kildare

1754 · Mezzotint in black on cream laid paper

Image: 31.5 × 24.8 cm (12 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Plate: 35 × 25 cm (13 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 35.6 × 25.6 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mr. Garrick in Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4

1754 · Mezzotint

Sheet (trimmed to plate): 17 5/8 × 12 3/4 in. (44.8 × 32.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mrs. Bonfoy

1754 · Mezzotint on paper

Image: 35.1 × 27.7 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.); Plate: 38.1 × 27.9 cm (15 × 11 in.); Sheet: 42.4 × 31.5 cm (16 3/4 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Portret van John Armstrong

1753 · paper

width: 253 cm, height: 352 cm

Rijksmuseum

Lord William Blakeney (1692–1761)

1751 · Enamel on copper

Overall: 3 1/8 × 2 5/8 in. (7.9 × 6.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portret van Maria Coventry

1751 · paper

height: 321 cm, width: 225 cm

Rijksmuseum

Portret van Archibald Bower

1750 · paper

width: 255 cm, height: 353 cm

Rijksmuseum

Cupid and Psyche

1748 · Mezzotint in black on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 41.6 × 31.5 cm (16 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 42.7 × 32.7 cm (16 13/16 × 12 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lisabetta

1735 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Rembrandt's Mother

1735 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Rembrandt's Father

1730 · Mezzotint in black on paper

Image: 31.3 × 25.8 cm (12 3/8 × 10 3/16 in.); Sheet, cut within platemark: 35.6 × 25.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

20 published of 20 catalogued · 20 with image

Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
6 published6 img
The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
2 published2 img

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Rembrandt's Mother
1735 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Lisabetta
1735 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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