Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1965.2541

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

(Jane Collier)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter)

Joseph Highmore (Painter)

Creator Notes

Faber Jr. was one of London's most prolific mezzotint engravers. He used the "Jr." or "Junr." designation with his name until his father's death in 1721.

Date of Birth

16841692

Date of Death

17561780

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1775-1850

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Faber fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; I. Highmore pinx.t

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.3 (H) , 9.3 (W) , 12.7 (Image H) , 8.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.7 (H) , 23.5 (W) , 12.7 (Image H) , 8.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13 in. (33.1 cm). Plate W: 8.9 in. (22.7 cm).

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, very late impression. Restrike of plate dating from the 1720's; plate worn with retouch lines on figure. Only one state recorded in Chaloner-Smith.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 1. 1-460.
• Print listed as no. 87, pp. 331-332.