Museum Object Number1965.2620 |
Print (Mezzotint)
Robert Wilks Esq.\r
Prints and Maps
Maps and Prints Study Collection
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter and publisher)
John Ellys (Painter)
Thomas Bowles and John Bowles & Son (Publisher)
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.
16841700/1701
17561757
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1732-1733
1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Faber fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; I. Ellys pinx.t 1732
3. Inscription; Lower left; Sold by T. Bowles in St. Pauls Ch. yard, & J. Bowles at Mercers Hill Cheapside.
4. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by I. Faber at the Green Door in Graven Buildings Drury Lane.
Portrait
Ink; Paper (laid)
Mezzotint
14.6 (H) , 10.7 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
37.2 (H) , 27.1 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.9 (Image W)
Plate H: 14.1 in. (35.7 cm). Plate W: 10 in. (25.4 cm).
Thomas Bowles and John Bowles & Son
London, England, United Kingdom
II
None
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.
• See pp.443-444, no. 383.