Object Number 1966.0291

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Tomo Chachi Mico or King of Yamacraw, and/ Tooanahowi his Nephew, Son to the Mico of the Etchitas.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

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.

William Verelst (Painter)-1756

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; W.\m Verelst Pinxit
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; John Faber Sculpsit

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

13.9 (H) , 9.8 (W) , 12.7 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.2 (H) , 24.8 (W) , 12.7 (Image H) , 9.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. No plate marks. Chain intervals: 2.6-3.1 cm; 10 laid lines per cm.

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 21, pp. 78-79.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 46, pp. 98-99.
[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.
• Listed as no. 349, p. 432.
[Article] Panther-Yates, Donald. 2001 A Portrait of Cherokee Chief Attakullakulla from the 1730s, A Discussion of William Verelst's "Trustees of Georgia" Painting. The Journal of Cherokee Studies. 22: 4-20.
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[Other] Jamestown- Yorktown Foundation. American Revolution Museum.
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