Museum Object Number1965.2546 |
Print (Mezzotint)
Johannes Devoto. Historicus Scenicusq. Pictor.
Prints and Maps
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter and publisher)
Vincenso Damini (Painter)
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.
16841690/96
1756c.1749
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1738
1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Faber fecit 1738
2. Inscription; Lower left; Vincenso Damini pinx.t
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by I. Faber at the Golden Head Bloomsbury Square
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
14.2 (H) , 10.2 (W) , 13.8 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
36.1 (H) , 25.8 (W) , 13.8 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
Plate H: 13.9 in. (35.2 cm). Plate W: 10 in. (25.4 cm).
Faber, John Jr.
1738
London, England, United Kingdom
I
None
Only one state recorded.
Text available soon.
[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. 115, p. 340.