Engraver
Valentine Green
, English, 1739-1813
After
Paulus van Somer I
, Flemish, 1576-1621
Title
Sir Charles Blount Baron Mountjoy, Knight of the Garter (1563-1606), Lord Deputy of IrelandDate1775
MediumMezzotint
Dimensions
Plate: 54.5 x 35.6 cm
Sheet: 55.5 x 36.8 cm
Credit LinePurchased, 1887
Object numberNGI.10443
DescriptionCharles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy and 1st Earl of Devonshire, (1563-1606), was famous for defeating the Spanish at Kinsale, Co. Cork.Inscriptionlower centre (under image, lettered): Vansomer Pinxit, Val. Green, Engraver to his Majesty fecit. / From the Original by Vansomer in the Possesion of the Earl of Dartmouth / Published Octr. 2d. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.