Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1965.2551

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Hon.\ble the Countess of Clarendon.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter)

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)

John Cooper (Publisher)

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

16841646c. 1695

Date of Death

17561743after 1754

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1730-1750

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

17.6 (H) , 10.4 (W) , 17.5 (Image H) , 10.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

44.8 (H) , 26.5 (W) , 17.5 (Image H) , 10.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Cooper, John

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

From Kneller's "Beauties at Hampton Court" series, entitled: "The Beauties done from the Original Pictures in his Majties Pallace of Hampton Court, by Sr Godbrey Kneller, Bart. late Principall Painter to his Majtie." The original plates were later cut to 3/4 length with titles and the address of Sayer and King, at some point after 1750.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 55, p. 107.
[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.
• See pp.309-310, no.28.