Edward Cooper
(died 1725), PrintsellerSitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 169 portraits
Edward Cooper was the most distinguished print publisher of his generation and a leading figure in the art world. He was recognised as an authority on the fine arts, and sold paintings and art materials. He employed engravers such as John Smith and Isaac Beckett and cultivated leading portrait painters including Godfrey Kneller, William Wissing and Frederic Kerseboom. He was a member of the Society of the Virtuosi of St Luke, the earliest art society in the country, and was one of George Vertue's advisers about art history.
Edward Rich, 6th Earl of Warwick and 3rd Earl of Holland
by John Smith, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, 1684
NPG D11907
by Isaac Beckett, published by Edward Cooper, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
mezzotint, circa 1684 (circa 1637)
NPG D13172
by John Smith, sold by Edward Cooper, after Marcellus Laroon
mezzotint, circa 1685
NPG D30633
Henrietta Scott (née Hyde), Countess of Dalkeith; Mary Seymour-Conway (née Hyde), Lady Conway
by John Smith, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, 1685
NPG D30997
Alice (née Sherrard), Lady Brownlow
by John Smith, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, 1685 (1685)
NPG D36623
Elizabeth Cecil (née Brownlow), Countess of Exeter
by John Smith, published by Alexander Browne, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, circa 1685
NPG D1884
by Robert Williams, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, circa 1685-1688
NPG D8658
Henrietta Scott (née Hyde), Countess of Dalkeith; Mary Seymour-Conway (née Hyde), Lady Conway
by John Smith, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, 1685
NPG D11558
by Robert Williams, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, circa 1685
NPG D11959
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
by Robert Williams, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, (circa 1685-1687)
NPG D11962
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough
by John Simon, published by Edward Cooper, after Michael Dahl
mezzotint, circa 1685-1693
NPG D15445
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
by Robert Williams, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, (circa 1685-1687)
NPG D19118
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem
by Edward Cooper, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1686
NPG D30857
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem
published by Edward Cooper, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1686
NPG D30858
John Cecil, 6th Earl of Exeter
by John Smith, after Willem Wissing, published by Edward Cooper
mezzotint, 1686
NPG D30861
by John Smith, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, 1686
NPG D30938
by John Smith, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, 1686
NPG D30939
by Isaac Beckett, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, circa 1686
NPG D30941
Elizabeth Fitzgerald (née Jones), Countess of Kildare
by John Smith, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, 1686
NPG D31033
Elizabeth Fitzgerald (née Jones), Countess of Kildare
by Robert Williams, published by Edward Cooper, after Willem Wissing
mezzotint, circa 1686
NPG D31034
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