Object Number 1965.2534

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Nathaniel Lord Crewe The R.t Rev.d and R.t Hon.ble Nathaniel Lord Crewe Lord Bishop of Durham/ & BARON of STEANE, Consecrated Bishop of Oxford 1672 translated to Durham 1674 / Privy Councellor to their Maj.ties CHARLES & JAMES the 2.d Dyed Sep.r 1721 Aged 88.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter)
1684-1756
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.

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
1646-1743

J. West (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1727

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; G. Kneller Eques pinx 1698.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; J. Faber fecit 1727
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Done from the Original Painting in the Gallery of the Bodleian Library OXON. Sold by J. West in Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields.

Subjects

Portrait; Clergy

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.9 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 14.2 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37.8 (H) , 26.7 (W) , 14.2 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14.3 in. (36.2 cm). Plate W: 10 in. (25.5 cm).

Publisher Summary

West, J.

Publication Date

1727

Place of Publication

Great Queens Street, Lincolns Inn Field, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Only one state recorded in 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.
• See p.334, no.94.