Print (Mezzotint)

Museum Object Number 1965.2626

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Honourable S:r Edmund Probyn Kn.t

Category

Prints and Maps

Collection

Maps and Prints Study Collection

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter and 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

1684

Date of Death

1756

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1740-1756

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left; I. Faber ad Vivum fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower right; Price 2 : Sold by Faber at ye Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.

Subjects

Portrait; Armorial device

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14 (H) , 10 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.5 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 12.2 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.8 in. (35.0 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (24.9 cm). H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Faber, John Jr.

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II bears the address: "London Printed for I. Ryall and R Withy in Fleet Street."

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 cat. no. 299, p. 414.