Isaac Beckett
(1652 or 1653-1688), EngraverArtist associated with 184 portraits
The first major English mezzotint engraver, apprenticed to a calico printer in London. He was introduced to the newly invented technique of mezzotinting by John Lloyd, a printseller. Beckett engraved numerous mezzotint portraits, principally after the designs of Sir Peter Lely, Godfrey Kneller, Wissing and Riley. He also engraved religious, mythological and landscape scenes after Heemskerck and other masters. Among his greatest mezzotint portraits are Sir Godfrey Kneller, King Charles II and James, Duke of York. Apart from his earliest work, Beckett published and sold his prints himself. He took on engraver John Smith as an assistant.
Elizabeth Montagu (née Wriothesley), Countess of Montagu when Countess of Northumberland
by Isaac Beckett, published by Alexander Browne, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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by Isaac Beckett, published by John Smith, after Alessandro Turchi
mezzotint, circa 1680-1684
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by Isaac Beckett, published by John Smith, after John Riley
mezzotint, (circa 1680-1685)
NPG D11588
by Isaac Beckett, after G.D. Vois
mezzotint, 1681-1688
NPG D31744
Katherine Philips (née Fowler)
by Isaac Beckett, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, 1681-1688
NPG D29072
by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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Barbara Palmer (née Villiers), Duchess of Cleveland
by Isaac Beckett, published by John Smith, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, circa 1681-1688
NPG D30496
Louise de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth
by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt, published by Edward Cooper
mezzotint, circa 1681-1688
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Elizabeth Stanhope (née Butler), Countess of Chesterfield
by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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Elizabeth Stanhope (née Butler), Countess of Chesterfield
by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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by Isaac Beckett
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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by Isaac Beckett, after Willem Wissing, sold by John Bowles
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Peter Lely
mezzotint, 1681-1688
NPG D30654
by Isaac Beckett, published by John Smith
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1681-1688
NPG D30818
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
by Isaac Beckett, after Thomas Murray, published by John Smith
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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Louis Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham
by and published by Isaac Beckett, after John Riley
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford
by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford
by Isaac Beckett, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1681-1688
NPG D30860
by Isaac Beckett, after Willem Wissing, published by Edward Cooper
mezzotint, 1681-1688
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