| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | John Faber the Younger after Sir Godfrey Kneller |
| Published | Sold by Faber at the Golden Head Bloomsbury Square. 1741 |
| Dimensions | Image 307 x 250 mm, Plate 352 x 250 mm, Sheet 360 x 255 mm |
| Notes |
A three-quarter length portrait of Margaret, Lady Hardwicke. Margaret is depicted seated turned slightly to the right and facing forward. She is holding a small garland of flowers and two lambs are to the sitter's left. Margaret is wearing a simple dress which is secured my a small pearl at her chest. A wooded landscape is seen to the right of the sitter and she is leaning on a stone table. Margaret Yorke (née Cocks), Countess of Hardwicke (c.1695 - 1761) was the daughter of Charles and Mary Cocks. She married William Lygon c.1712 but after he passed away in 1716 without any children she remarried Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke. Philip was a politician and lawyer, who was a close friend of the then Prime Minister Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle. They had seven children together. John Faber the Younger (c.1695 - 1756), was the son of the portrait miniaturist and mezzotinter John Faber. Born in Amsterdam, Faber moved to England around 1698 and learned drawing and mezzotint engraving from his father; attending the academy in St. Martin's Lane. He soon became the leading mezzotint engraver of his day, engraving two series after Godfrey Kneller - twelve Hampton Court Beauties (1727) and forty-seven portraits of members of the Kit-Cat Club (1735). He also completed forty-two mezzotints after portraits of Thomas Hudson, fifteen after Allan Ramsay, and several after Philip Mercier's paintings. Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (1646 – 1723) was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I. His major works include The Chinese Convert (1687) a series of four portraits of Isaac Newton painted at various junctures of the latter's life, a series of ten reigning European monarchs, including King Louis XIV of France, over 40 "Kit-cat portraits" of members of the Kit-Cat Club and ten "beauties" of the court of William III, to match a similar series of ten beauties of the court of Charles II painted by his predecessor as court painter, Sir Peter Lely. Chaloner Smith 179, i/ii, O'Donoghue 1, NPG D35420 Condition: 4 mm margins, tipped to album page, some foxing to inscription space. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £200.00 |
| Stock ID | 46828 |