Object Number 1965.2636

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Isaacus Newton Equs.

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.

John Vanderbank (Painter)
1694-1723/1739

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1726-1727

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Faber
2. Inscription; Lower left; I. Vanderbank pinx

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13.3 (H) , 9.8 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.9 (H) , 24.9 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, with reworking and retouching.

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.401, no.258.
[Book] Belknap, Waldron Phoenix. 1959 American Colonial Painting: Materials for a History.
• See pp.288-289, no.14.
[Article] Fleischer, Roland E. 1987 "Gustavus Hesselius and Penn Family Portraits: A Conflict between Visual and Documentary Evidence". American Art Journal. 19 (3): 4-18.
• See fig. no. 10, p. 12.