Object Number 1965.2609

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

THOMAS GRESHAM

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Faber Sr. (Mezzotinter)
c. 1660-1721

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1714

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom right beneath title; D.D.D. I. Faber 1714

Subjects

Armorial device; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

11.11 (H) , 8.9 (W) , 8.9 (Image H) , 8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

28.21 (H) , 22.6 (W) , 8.9 (Image H) , 8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Irregularly trimmed. H at right. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 10.4 in. (26.3 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 8.0 in. (20.4 cm). Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

From a series of forty-five plates entitled "The Founders of Oxford and Cambridge colleges, Royal Exchange, and Charterhouse."

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.285.