Object Number 1965.2630

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

Francis Peck M.A.

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.

Joseph Highmore (Painter)
1692-1780

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1735-1740

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; I. Faber fecit.
2. Inscription; Lower left; I. Highmore pinx 1735.

Subjects

Portrait; Armorial device

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

10.1 (H) , 7.9 (W) , 8.6 (Image H) , 6.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

25.7 (H) , 20.1 (W) , 8.6 (Image H) , 6.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 8.8 in. (22.3 cm). Plate W: 6.2 in. (15.8 cm).

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

II

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

State II is designated by the subject's name, erased and reengraved without flourishes that surround original title in the first state. Probably a book illustration; evidence of marbling on edge. Bromley notes that is prefaced "Memoirs of Cromwell" 1740; however, Smith remarks that this print is seldom seen in that publication.

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.408, no.279