| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | John Faber the Elder after Sir Godfrey Kneller |
| Published | [c.1714] |
| Dimensions | Image 223 x 196 mm, Plate 262 x 200 mm, Sheet 276 x 210 mm |
| Notes |
One of a series of forty-five portraits of the founders of Oxford and Cambridge colleges, Royal Exchange, and Charterhouse. Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1662-1748) was a British politician and courtier, known as the 'Proud Duke'. A favourite of Queen Anne's, he was made post master of the horse in 1702. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Joceline Percy, Earl of Northumberland, who brought him great estates including Petworth and Syon House. He helped to secure the accession of George I of Hanover. John Faber the Elder (c.1660-1721) was a portrait miniaturist and mezzotinter. Born in Holland, where he drew portraits in pen and ink on vellum, he moved to England in around 1696. His first documented work in Britain was in 1698. He adopted mezzotint in around 1707, when he set up as a publisher. Between 1711 and 1712 he engraved the Bodleian portrait series, and between 1712 and 1714 engraved a series of Oxford and Cambridge college founders. He died in Bristol, and was succeeded in business by his son, John Faber the Younger. Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) was a leading German portrait and court painter in England during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He is best-known for 'The Chinese Convert' (1687); a series of portraits of Isaac Newton, his series of ten reigning European monarchs, over forty Kit-Cat Club portraits and ten beauties of the court of William III. Chaloner Smith 34 z, O'Donoghue 145/2 Ex. Col.: Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd Condition: Marks in inscription space not affecting image. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £80.00 |
| Stock ID | 33824 |