Object Number 1965.2557

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

C. Lempriere

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap

Creator (Role)

John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter and publisher)
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 Frye (Painter)
1710-04/02/1762
Frye was works manager at Bow China Works, 1744-59. His name, along with Bow clothing merchant Edward Heylin, appears on the first patent to produce porcelain at Bow, applied for on December 6, 1744, and enrolled on April 5, 1745, as well as the second patent (without Heylin) applied for on November 17, 1748 and enrolled on March 17, 1748. His epitaph credits him as "the inventor and first manufacturer of porcelain in England", but this is doubtful. References: Chaloner-Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits, vol. 2, p. 516; A History of the County of Middlesex, vol. 2 (1911), pp. 146-50. His obituary appears in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1764.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1735-1750

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I Faber Fecit
2. Inscription; Lower left; T. Frye Pinxit 1735
3. Inscription; Lower right; Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

13 (H) , 9 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33 (H) , 22.9 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Faber, John Jr.

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

State

I

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Late impression of only recorded state.

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.387-388, no.219.