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Print (Mezzotint)
(Teresia Constantia Phillips)
John Faber Jr., Joseph Highmore
1748
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1965.2627
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap
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Object Number
1965.2627
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
(Teresia Constantia Phillips)
Category
Prints and Maps - Maps and Prints Study Collection
Creator (Role)
John Faber Jr. (Mezzotinter); Joseph Highmore (Painter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1748
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right
Inscription: I. Faber fecit. 1748
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left
Inscription: I. Highmore pinx.t
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint
Dimensions (inches)
15.4 (H) x 10.9 (W) x 12.2 (Image H) x 9.8 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
39.2 (H) x 27.8 (W) x 30.9 (Image H) x 24.8 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Support H: 17.0 in. (43.1 cm). Support W: 11.4 in. (28.9 cm). Plate H: 13.9 in. (35.2 cm). Plate W: 9.9 in. (25.1 cm). H at left. W at bottom.
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Edition Watermark
None
Edition Notes
Possibly state II. Bromley describes a whole length, engraving of the sitter dated 1744; Smith suggests that this is probably a cut down plate.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Bromley, Henry. 1793 Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits: from Egbert the Great to the Present Time. Consisting of the Effigies of Persons in Every Walk of Human Life ... With an Appendix, Containing the Portraits of Such Foreigners as ... may Claim a Place in the British Series. Methodically Disposed in Classes, and Interspersed with a Number of Notices Biographical and Genealogical, Never before Published.
• Print listed on p.442Book: 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. 285, pp. 410-411.Article: Fleischer, Roland E. 1987 "Gustavus Hesselius and Penn Family Portraits: A Conflict between Visual and Documentary Evidence". American Art Journal. 19 (3): 4-18.
• See fig. no. 5, p. 7.