Object Number 1965.2619

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The Right Honourable S:\r John Willes

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.

Thomas Hudson (Painter)
1701-1779

J. Ryall & R. Withy (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1744

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; J.no Faber fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; Tho.s Hudson Pinx.t
3. Inscription; Lower left; London Printed for J. Ryall, & R. Withy in Fleet Street

Subjects

Portrait; Armorial device

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.2 (H) , 10 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.1 (H) , 25.3 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14 in. (35.5 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

J. Ryall & R. Withy

Publication Date

1744

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II, as described by Smith, pp.444-445, no.386, but with the visible partial erasure of "Sold by I Faber at the Golden Head Bloomsbury Square", from Smith, no. 385.

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 pp.444-445, nos. 385/386