Edward Cooper (publisher)
Edward Cooper was an English print seller, regarded as the most distinguished print publisher of his generation and a leading figure in the art world.
Peter Pelham after Jan van der Vaart, Edward Cooper, 1724, mezzotint, British Museum, London
John Smith was an English mezzotint engraver and print seller. Closely associated with the portrait painter Godfrey Kneller, Smith was one of leading exponents of the mezzotint medium during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was regarded among first English-born artists to receive international recognition, along the younger painter William Hogarth.
Godfrey Kneller, John Smith, 1696, Tate Britain, London
Loves of the Gods, after Titian