George White (artist)

He completed some of the plates left unfinished by the latter, and himself executed a few in the line manner; but beginning from 1712 he turned to mezzotints.

A portrait of Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, which he executed in this style from a painting by Godfrey Kneller, was much admired and brought him work.

[1] A leading English mezzotint engraver, he was the first to make use of etched lines to strengthen the work.

White's plates number about sixty, the most of them he published himself, and include portraits of William Dobson, bishop George Hooper, Tycho Wing, and Old Parr.

White, like his father, drew portraits in pencil on vellum; he also practised in crayons, and latterly took to painting in oils.