Object Number 1965.2556

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Lady Bradshaigh/ Second daughter of Sir John Guise of Rencombe in the county of Glocester Bar/ and late wife to Sir Roger Bradshaigh oh Haigh in the county of Lancaster Bar.

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

Thomas Bowles (Publisher)
c. 1712-c.1753

John Bowles & Son (Publisher)
1753/1754-1763/1764

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1744

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Faber fecit 1744
2. Inscription; Lower left; G. Kneller Eques Pinx.t 1698
3. Inscription; Lower center; Printed for Tho. Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard, & Jno. Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhill

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.4 (H) , 10.5 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.7 (H) , 26.7 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.9 in. (35.2 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.1 cm).

Publisher Summary

Thomas Bowles and John Bowles & Son

Publication Date

1744

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, with the address of Thomas Bowles and John Bowles and Son.

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 no. 42, p. 316.