Grosvenor Prints

[Anne, Princess Royal] Son Altesse Royale Anne Princesse d'Orange.
Ph: Mercier Pictor & Bibliothecarius Principis Pinxit. I. Faber fecit. 1734.
Sold by J. Faber at ye Golden head ye South side of Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 350 x 248mm (13¾ x 9¾").
Anne, Princess of Orange (1709-1759), Princess Royal, daughter of King George II; wife of William IV, Prince of Orange.
NPG: D9252. CS: 264.
[Ref: 17113] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Franciscus Atterbury S.T.P. Episc: Rossensis & Decs West Mons.
J. Faber ad vivum Del.t & Fecit.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 200 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, laid on album paper. Damaged.
Francis Atterbury (1662-1732), Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster 1713-21. A High Church Tory and Jacobite, he gained patronage under Queen Anne, but was imprisoned in the Tower in 1722 for communicating with the Old Pretender and banished for life the following year.
CS 4.
[Ref: 59424] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Her Royal Highness Augusta Princess of Wales, &c.
Chas. Philips ad Vivum pinxt. 1737. I. Faber fecit.
Sold by I Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Rare mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Sheet trimmed to plate size. Slight creasing in upper & lower left corner.
Augusta, Princess of Wales (1719-72); wearing a bodice with lace around the neck-line, frilled sleeves, panniers decorated with tassels, an ermine-lined cloak, and a crown. Her left hand pointing out to the side, towards the base of a pillar with carved motif of the Prince of Wales's feathers in the right background. Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, married Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1736. She was mother of George III. John Faber Jr after Charles Philips (1708 - 1747).
Chaloner Smith 19, I of II. Ex Collection of Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53617] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Dervorguilla de Balliol] Dervorguilla Mater J. Balliol Scot: Regis Fund Coll: Balliolensis Ao. Do. 1266
H. Parker
Mezzotint, sheet 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to image and pasted to album sheet with letterpress below.
Dervorguilla de Balliol, lady of Galloway (d.1290), noblewoman and benefactor. After the death of her husband John de Balliol, Dervorguilla brought together the endowments and formulated the statutes of Balliol College, Oxford, a house of scholars founded as an indirect result of transgressions committed by her husband against the bishop of Durham in 1255. One of a set of 'Founders of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges, Royal Exchange, and Charterhouse' (this impression, bearing the name of H. Parker, is from the final state).
CS 34
[Ref: 44077] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

[Dervorguilla de Balliol] Dervorguilla Mater J. Balliol Scot: Regis Fund Coll: Balliolensis Ao. Do. 1266
J: Faber Ao 1732
Mezzotint, sheet 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to image and pasted to album sheet with letterpress below. Loss lower left.
Dervorguilla de Balliol, lady of Galloway (d.1290), noblewoman and benefactor. After the death of her husband John de Balliol, Dervorguilla brought together the endowments and formulated the statutes of Balliol College, Oxford, a house of scholars founded as an indirect result of transgressions committed by her husband against the bishop of Durham in 1255. One of a set of 'Founders of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges, Royal Exchange, and Charterhouse'.
CS 34
[Ref: 44076] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[John de Balliol] Johannis Balliol pater J: Balliol Scot: Regis Fund.r Coll: Balliolensis [...]
Printed for H. Parker Print & Bookseller at No 82 in Cornhill London. D.D.D. H. Parker
Mezzotint, sheet 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to image and pasted to album sheet with letterpress below.
John de Balliol (b. before 1208, d.1268), magnate and benefactor. As the result of a conflict with Balliol's powerful neighbour, the bishop of Durham, he submitted himself to a public whipping in front of the cathedral church door and undertook to maintain scholars studying at Oxford. Balliol made some provision for this before his death, leaving further endowments in his will, and his widow Dervorguilla formulated the statutes of what became Balliol College in 1282. One of a set of forty-five 'Founders of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges, Royal Exchange, and Charterhouse' (this impression, bearing the name of H. Parker, is from the final state).
CS 34
[Ref: 44079] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

John Barber Esq.r. Lord Mayor of the City of London in the Memorable Year 1733.
B. Dandridge pinx.t. 1737. J.Faber fecit 1740.
Price 2.d & Sold by I.Faber at the Golden-Head Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm, 14 x 9¾". Tight margins on three sides.
Originally a printer, Barber made a fortune in the South Sea Company, from which he had the acumen to extricate himself before the crash.
CS: 21, state ii of ii (CS could find only three of the first state)
[Ref: 10484] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

S.r John Barnard.
A. Ramsay pinxit. J. Faber fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament A.o D 1739.
Rare mezzotint, print 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate at bottom and glued to album sheet. Damaged top right.
Three-quarters portrait of Sir John Barnard (1685-1764) wearing a fur trimmed robe, eyes to front, his left hand pointing at paper on table at right. He was a politician: MP for the City of London, (1722-61); alderman and Lord Mayor, 1737; his main business interest was in marine insurance and was opponent of Robert Walpole
CS 24 II.
[Ref: 58818] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Gulielmus Bateman. Episcop: Norwic: Aulæ S.S. individuæ Trinitatis Fund: Aº D.ni 1350.
[after Wilhelm Sonmans?]
Summa. cum Humil: & Observ.tia D.D.D. J. Faber. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins.
William Bateman (c. 1298-1355), Bishop of Norwich and founder of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. One of a set of portraits of founders of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges, most after portraits by Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708).
CS 34.
[Ref: 51984] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Benn's Club.]
T. Hudson Pinxit. J. Faber Fecit.
Mezzotint, scarce. 380 x 530mm (15 x 20¾"), with large margins. Laid on card.
The so-called 'Benn's Club', five aldermen persuaded by William Benn, Lord Mayor of London in 1746-7, to travel to his house Bowcombe on the Isle of Wight in December 1747 and send a message of support to Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender. The aldermen are (R-L): John Blachford, William Benn, Robert Alsop, Edward Ironside, Sir Humphrey Marshall & Sir Thomas Rawlinson. John Blachford, who commissioned the portrait, was Lord Mayor of London in 1750. His brother is acting as butler, standing behind the group.
Sharp 710. CS: 31
[Ref: 45241] £490.00

A well known Society of Worthy Aldermen from an Original Painting by T. Hudson in Goldsmith's Hall London.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer at the Golden Buck in Fleet St. Price 2.d. & John Bowles and Sons at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1760.]
Mezzotint. 255 x 355mm, 10 x 14". Bottom margin creased and torn.
The so-called 'Benn's Club', five aldermen persuaded by William Benn, Lord Mayor of London in 1746-7, to travel to his house on the Isle of Wight in December 1747 and send a message of support to Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender. The aldermen are (R-L): John Blachford, William Benn, Robert Alsop, Edward Ironside, Sir Humphrey Marshall & Sir Thomas Rawlinson. John Blachford, who commissioned the portrait, was Lord Mayor of London in 1750. His brother is acting as butler, standing behind the group.
CS 31. Sharp 711, state ii of ii.. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10483] £450.00

Alderman Benn. [in ink.]
[Hudson Pinx.t. Faber Fecit.] Faber fecit [in ink.]
Mezzotint, proof before all letters. 355 x 255mm, 14 x 10". Trimmed to plate.
William Benn, Alderman for Aldersgate, President of Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals, Lord Mayor of London in 1746. A Jacobite, Benn sent a message of support to Charles Stuart while Lord Mayor. In 1749 he was involved in a drunken fight with another alderman at a London City feast after proposing a toast to the health of the Young Pretender. Died 1755.
CS 30, unrecorded state. Sharp 314. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10482] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Mr Thomas Bradbury.
Mrs. Mary Grace Pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill. Price 2. Shill.
Fine mezzotint. Plate: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾'') very large margins.
Portrait of Thomas Bradbury (1677-1759), dissenting minister; seated facing front, in clerical dress without a wig, left hand on his knee, right elbow resting on a table beside a book, document and ink stand. Curtain and bookshelves behind. After Mary Grace (d. 1786).
[Ref: 48801] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Reverend Robert Bragge P.D.
Robert Bragge Pinx.t. J. Faber fe. 1738.
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins, left edge with a small repair.
Rev Robert Bragge (1665-1738), an Independent minister in London, known as 'eternal Bragge' of Lime Street. A moderate Calvinist, he was a popular preacher at Salters' Hall, where he once preached for four months on Joseph's coat. Among his written works are 'A Brief Essay Concerning the Soul of Man' and 'Church Discipline according to its Ancient Standard, as it was Practis'd in Primitive Times'.
[Ref: 40509] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

William Briggs M.D. Physician in Ordinary to King William y.e 3.d. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society, &c.
R. White delin 1697. I. Faber fecit 1738.
Sold by P. Overton in Fleet Street.
A rare mezzotint. Sheet: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed.
A portrait of William Biggs, doctor to King William III, holding a copy of his book "Ophthalmo Graphia".
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 46469] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Jack Bristowe.
J. Shackleton pinxt. I. Faber fecit 1746.
Mezzotint. 225 x 330mm. Thread like margins outside the platemark
John Faber the Younger [c.1695 - 1756]. In pencil on the reverse is a claim that the sitter is Colonel in the Guards, while the British Museum supports the suggestion he is Robert Bristowe, a clerk comptroller in the royal household whose sister married John 1st Earl of Buckingham, and also keeper of the Punch House on London Bridge.
CS:46:ii
[Ref: 13870] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Honble: Charles Brown Esqr. Who Commanded in ye Second Post at the Takeing Porto-Bello, on the 21st. of Novr. 1739. (by Vice Admiral Vernon) and led the Attack on His Majties. Ship the Hampton Court.
J. Faber fect. 1740
Sold by Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
A rare mezzotint. 348 x 251mm. Damaged with stain to the top right hand part of the image (not too visible from the front.)
Captain Charles Brown (1753). He served in the Baltic and commanded the Hampton Court in the taking of Porto Bello in 1739. Died of gout of the stomach.
Parker: 112. C.S. 47 only state. In the NMM. From the Collection of Viscount Hood.
[Ref: 12435] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev.d Thomas Burnet L.L.D. Master of the Charterhouse Obÿt a,o 1715.
G. Kneller Equees Pinx.t 1697. I. Faber fecit 1752.
Price 2-6. Sold at the Golden Head near the Church, Bloomsbury-Square.
Mezzotint with large margins. 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Slight damp stain.
Thomas Burnet (c. 1635-1715), a theologian and writer on Cosmogony (how the Cosmos came into existence), author of 'Sacred Theory of the Earth' (1681), 'The Ancient Doctrine Concerning the Origin of Things' (1692) & 'On the State of the Dead and of the Resurrection' (1720, posthumous). As Master of Charterhouse he blocked James II's attempt to interfere in the running of the school. After the Glorious Revolution Burnet became chaplain in ordinary and Clerk of the Closet to William III, but following the near-heretical views expressed in 'Ancient Docrine' (positing that The Fall of Man was symbolic not historic) he resigned his court posts, under the patronage of his majesty.
CS: 51. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34326] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Hon.ble Sr. George Byng Bar.t &c Commander in Chief of His Maj:ties Fleet that Took and Destroyed 22. Sail of the Spanish Fleet, of Cape Passaro. Ao. 1718.
G. Kneller S.R.I. et Mag: Brit: Bart: pinxit.
Done & Sold by Faber Iun.r in Catherine Street in ye Strand. [n.d. c.1727.]
Mezzotint. 197 x 146mm (7¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed to image.
George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington (1663-1733); One of the young army officers who supported William III's accession; 1691, transferred to the navy; 1704, played an important part in the capture of Gibraltar,which resulted in a knighthood; August 1718, decisive victory against the Spanish off Cape Passaro, Sicily; 1721, he was raised to the peerage with the title Baron Byng of Southill; 1725, created Viscount Torrington; 1727, first lord of the Admiralty.
[Ref: 52495] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

John Campbell. Duke of Argyll & Greenwich &c. Hereditary Justice General of the Shire of Argyll, the Western Islands &c [...]
A. Ramsay pinx.t 1740. J. Faber fecit.
Mezzotint. Sheet 505 x 355mm (20¼ x 14"). Collector's mark on reverse: E.M.H. (Mrs. E. M. Hamilton). Trimmed to plate; small tear at bottom.
John Campbell (1680-1743), army officer and politician. Commissioner for negotiating Union with Scotland in 1705, Campbell served with distinction at Ramillies, Oudenard, Malplaquet and other battlefields in the War of the Spanish Succession. In 'the Fifteen', Argyll led the government army at Sheriffmuir and defeated the Jacobites led by the Earl of Mar. He was Master General of the Ordnance from 1725-1740 and was promoted to Field Marshal in 1736. In 1742, a year before his death, he was given the position of Commander in Chief of the British Army. Engraved after the full-length portrait by Allan Ramsay (Inverary Castle).
Ex: collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 15 (only state); for another portrait of Campbell see ref. 7108.
[Ref: 34103] £420.00

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A Scene in the Careless Husband.
P. Mercier Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Printed for Rob.t Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. 275 x 325mm (10¾ x 12¾"). Laid on album paper, some wear.
Act V, Scene IV of the play 'The Careless Husband' by Colley Cibber, depicting the characters Mrs Edging, Sir Charles Easy and Lady Easy; the last is supposed by some to be a portrait of Kitty Clive (1711-85).
CS 414.
[Ref: 45058] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Scene in the Careless Husband.
P. Mercier Pinx.t. J. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Mezzotint, platemark 275 x 325mm (10¾ x 12¾"), large margins. Slight printer's crease bottom left.
Scene from the play 'The Careless Husband' by Colley Cibber, engraved from a painting by Philip Mercier, showing a moment in Act V, Scene IV of the play with the characters Mrs Edging, Sir Charles Easy and Lady Easy; the last is supposed by some to be a portrait of Kitty Clive (1711-85). Originally a pendant to another theatrical scene after Mercier, 'A Scene from the Recruiting Officer'.
Lennox-Boyd 1994 cat 2 (only state); CS 414; for the pendant see ref 7855. Ex: The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd Collection.
[Ref: 38880] £380.00

Joannes Carestini.
George Knapton Pinx.t. J. Faber Fecit 1735
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
Rare & fine mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Slight printer's crease mainly in inscription area, crease top left corner.
Half-lengh portrait in oval of Giovanni Carestini (c.1704-c.1760), the leading castrato in Handel's company in 1734. Described by music historian Charles Burney as 'a powerful and clear soprano', Handel's 'Alcina' and 'Ariodante' were written to take full advantage of Carestini's talents, giving the castrato arias in Italian in otherwise English performances. The painting by artist and connoisseur George Knapton (1698-1778) is only known through this engraving.
CS 55.
[Ref: 61537] £450.00

Harry Carey.
J. Worsdale pinx / J Faber Fecit [1729]
Mezzotint, platemark 190 x 150mm (7½ x 6"). Small margins. Rare.
Henry Carey (1687-1743), poet and songwriter. Allegedly the illegitimate son of the George Savile, marquess of Halifax, Carey is best known for his satires and comedies for the theatre today. He also taught music and published poetry. The great music historian Charles Burney wrote of him: 'Honest Harry Carey … invented many very pleasing and natural melodies, which neither obscured the sense of the words, nor required much science to hear'. A defender of indigenous musical traditions, Carey attacked Italian opera, and sometimes paticular continental performers, in satires like 'Faustina, or, The Roman Songstress'. Despite the great success of works such as 'the Dragon of Wantley' (1737), whose popularity eclipsed even 'The Beggar's Opera', Carey committed suicide soon after the death of his son in 1743.
Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; CS 58 i/ii [with 1729 date seemingly scratched out]
[Ref: 36507] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Queen Caroline] Serenissima Carolina D.G Mag: Brit: Fran: et Hib: Regina.
S.r Godfrey Kneller Pinxit. J. Faber jun.r. Fecit
Printed for & Sold by Tho. Bowles next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard. And John Bowles at Mercers Hall in Cheapside. [n.d. c.1727]
A fine impression of a rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate and glued to album sheet. Slight central crease.
Three quarter length portrait of Caroline, Queen of George II (1683-1737). She wears ermine-trimmed robes with strings of pearls tied in bows at the shoulders, right hand holding up a fold of her cloak, left hand resting on a crown on a table beside her. An earlier state of this print names her as 'Her Royal Highness Wilhelmina Charlotte Princess of Wales'.
CS 60.
[Ref: 58884] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Caveller, Dancing Master.]
[Crank Pinx.t. Faber Fecit.]
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint, extremely rare unfinished proof. 360 x 255mm (14¼ x 10"). Thread margins top and bottom, laid on card at sides.
A three-quarter length portrait of a man wearing wig and long coat with cuffs, leaning on a table on which is a sheet with music and a map of dance steps. Little is known about 'Caveller'; the BM notes: ''Possibly the same as Mr Cavillier, master of the boarding-school in Queen's Square near Ormond street (d.1745). Also possibly the same as the Thomas Caverley alluded to by Thomlinson in his Art of Dancing''.
[Ref: 51723] £650.00

Done From the Original Painting at Altrop, in the Collection of John Spencer Esq. To Whom this Plate is humbly Dedicated, by His Obliged & most hum.ble serv.t John Faber.
God.y Schalcken Pinx.t. W.m Shipley Delin.t. J. Faber fecit 1751.
Mezzotint, 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"), with large margins on three sides. Creased in title, repaired nicks and tears on top margin. Laid on archival paper. Small bottom margin.
A boy blowing a flaming stick of charcoal in his left hand, while carrying a candle in a flat holder in the right hand.
CS: II of III. Ex Collection Hon C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 60286] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The true Pourtraicture of the Royal Martyr Charles I.st King of England Scotland France and Ireland as he sate in ye pretended High Court of Justice A.o 1648.
[after Edward Bower.] done and sold by I. Faber London.
[n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint with small margins. 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Very scarce, but trimmed into inscription area.
Chaloner Smith lists four plates of this event by John Faber Senior and Junior, none with this exact title or composition. The Fabers attributed the portrait to van Dyke, however the painter died seven years before the trial. It was in fact the work of Edward Bower.
[Ref: 32703] £320.00

Carolus D: G: Ang: Sco: Fra: et Hib: Rex. from S.r Peter Lely's Copy of the Celebrated Original Picture painted by S.r Anthony Vandyke, which was Destroy'd in the Fire at Whitehall, Anno 1697.
J. Faber fecit. 1738.
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint, fine impression. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") Creasing at bottom.
Charles I, arm in a velvet sling, hand on table.
CS: 75, ii of iii. Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34267] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Carolus II. Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex, Regalis Societatis Fundator et Patronus.
J.Faber fect 1750.
[n.d. c.1750]
Mezzotint. 487 x 369mm. Filled in worm holes on the right side of the engraving, some rubbing to the top right corner and repairs to the lower right corner.
This engraving taken from the painting by Sir. Peter Lely and originally engaved by Alexander Browne.
CS: 77. only state.
[Ref: 2361] £360.00

William Cheselden Esqr. Surgeon to her late Majesty Queen Caroline Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, & to the Royal-College at Chelsea. Fellow of the Royal Society And Member of the Royal Academy of Surgery at Paris.
I. Richardson pinxt. I. Faber fecit 1753.
Price 2s. 6d. Sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 9"). Narrow margins. Surface a little scuffed; generally a good impression.
Portrait of William Cheselden (1688-1752), surgeon and anatomist, wearing a plain double-breasted jacket, open at the collar, and round hat. Cheselden was surgeon to Queen Caroline, to St Thomas' Hospital and the Royal College at Chelsea, and member of the Royal Academy of Surgery at Paris. John Faber Jr after Jonathan Richardson Snr (1667 - 1745).
Chaloner Smith 79, I of II. Wellcome 594-2.
[Ref: 26118] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

William Cheselden Esq, Surgeon to her late Majesty Queen Caroline; Surgeon to her late Majesty Queen Caroline Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, & to the Royal-College at Chelsea. Fellow of the Royal Society And Member of the Royal Academy of Surgery at Paris.
I. Richardson pinxt; I. Faber fecit 1753.
Price 2s.6d. Sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury Square.
Mezzotint. 330 x 220mm (13 x 8¾"). Horizontal centre crease.
William Cheselden (1688 - 1752), surgeon and anatomist.
Chaloner Smith: 79, I. Wellcome: 594-2. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 10573] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Henry Chichely] Henricus Chichley Archiep Cant: Fund:r Coll: Omn: Animarum Aº Dº 1437.
[after Wilhelm Sonmans.]
Summ: cum Humil: & Observ.tia D.D.D. J. Faber. [n.d., c.1715.]
Mezzotint. 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"), with large margins. Creased on left.
Henry Chichele (or Chichely, c.1364-1443), Archbishop of Canterbury (1414-43) and founded All Souls College, Oxford. One of a set of portraits of founders of Oxford Colleges after portraits by Wilhelm Sonmans (d.1708), now in the Bodleian Library
CS 34.
[Ref: 51980] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Salvator Mundi.
R.t Browne Pinx.t. I. Faber Fecit.
Sold by J. Faber, at the Golden head y.e South Side of Bloomsbury Square. [n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Sheet: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed and mounted into album sheet at edges.
A portrait of a young Christ, shown holding a cross with his foot resting on an orb.
Ex: Collection The Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 47261] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

John Churchill Duke of Marlborough & C. Between 5 & 6
G. Kneller Bart. Pinxt. J. Faber Fecit 1733
Mezzotint, good impression, print 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate and glued to album sheet. Slight creasing.
Half-length portrait of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722), with a crest below the image with the title, with the motto 'Feal Pero Disdechado'. Churchill has his left hand on hip beside sword-hilt and his right holding up a baton. He wears a long light wig, velvet coat and sash hanging diagonally from his left shoulder. He stands with curtain behind and cavalry battle raging in the background. From the Kit-Cat Club series. Churchill was great general of the wars against Louis XIV, rewarded with Blenheim.
CS (208 (between 5 & 6)). O' Donoghue 27.
[Ref: 58887] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough.
G. Kneller Pinx. J. Faber fecit.
Sold by Rob.t Sayer near St Dunstans Church in Fleet-Street, & John King at the Globe in the Poultry. [n.d., c.1760.
Mezzotint. Sheet 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼"). Trimmed into image on three sides, laid on album sheet.
A full-length portrait of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660 - 1744), politician and courtier. Wearing a loose dress and ermine robe, she holds her right hand to her breast. One of the series 'Beauties of Hampton Court'. On this state the publication line has been moved from under the title to bottom right of the portrait, replacing the engraver's name: it seems the plate was broken, necessitating the change. The same portrait is the source of a head-and-shoulders oval mezzotint.
Chaloner Smith 28.
[Ref: 35856] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Clarke D.D. Done after the Marble Bust in Her Majesty'd Hermitage in the Royal Garden at Richmond.
I. Faber fecit.
Printed for Tho: Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & John Bowles at the black Horse in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾''), with large margins.
A portrait of Rev. Dr. Samuel Clarke who was rector of St. James Westminster and metaphysician. From the series 'Philosophers of England'.
CS. 125.I.
[Ref: 50383] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Jane Collier] [in ink below print]
J. Highmore Pinx.t J. Faber Fecit.
[Sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury][n.d. c.1750]
Rare mezzotint, 18th century watermark; sheet 375 x 275mm (14¾ x 10¾"). Trimmed losing publication line. Tipped into album paper at sides. Repairs at bottom.
Three-quarter length of a woman leaning on the rim of a fountain. She wears a dress and her cloak is hung across her with a string of pearls. John Faber the Younger (c.1684-1756) also produced a larger, more detailed engraving after the painting, in reverse: see CS 87. Chaloner Smith suggests Jane Collier could be the sitter, adding that Bromley's identification of the lady as a courtesan, also known as Miss Stewart, has not been corroborated. Jane Collier (1714 – March 1755) was an English novelist best known for her book An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (1753). She also collaborated with Sarah Fielding on her only other surviving work The Cry (1754). Or as identified by the British Museum the first wife of the Honble James Murray, son of the 4th Lord Elibank (q.v.) who died at Beauport (1779).
CS 88 I of II.
[Ref: 61589] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

William Congreve. Esq.r. 40.
G. Kneller Bar.t Pinx.t 1709. I. Faber fecit 1733.
Fine mezzotint. 355 x 253mm (14 x 10"). Thread margins.
William Congreve (1670-1729), dramatist, poet, and member of the Kit-Cat Club.
CS: 54. Not in Harvard.
[Ref: 49559] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. E Collectione W.m Powlet, Gen:
Peter Lely pinx.t 1653. I. Faber fecit 1740.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Mezzotint with very large margins. Plate 210 x 152mm. 8¼ x 6".
Portrait, bust in an oval frame, in armour with loose hair curling to shoulders and a plain white collar, directed to left, looking over left shoulder. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
[Ref: 28062] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Cupid in the Character of Bacchus. [&] Bacchus in the Character of Cupid.
Phi. Mercier Inv.t et pinx.t. J.Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1739.
Pair of mezzotints. Each 330 x 230mm.
Bacchus with a bow and Cupid with a wine flask.
CS: 406. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4190] £880.00 view all images for this item

Mr. John Dart.
I. Faber fec.t
[n.d. c.1742.]
Mezzotint, with large margins. Plate 310 x 215mm. 12¼ x 8½".
Portrait half-length to front wearing long wig, holding open book on slab at right, eyes to front, trees behind. Frontispiece to Dart's 'Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peter's, Westminster', 1742. John Dart (d.1730) was an antiquary.
CS: 107.
[Ref: 24768] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Francis Dashwood Bar.t of West Wycombe, Bucks.
A. Carpentier Pinx.t 1739. J. Faber Fecit 1753.
Fine & rare mezzotint. 325 x 225mm (12¾ x 8¾"). Mounted on album paper at edges.
Francis Dashwood (1708-81), 11th Baron Le Despencer, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1762-3. He is better known as a rake: he formed 'The Society of Dilettanti' in 1732 and the infamous 'Hell-fire Club' in 1755, known as the 'monks of Medmenham Abbey' for the orgies caricaturing the Catholic rites they held there.
CS 108.
[Ref: 52939] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

William Draper Esq, of Beswick, Yorkshire /a great Lover of Fox Hunting [lettered in reverse].
[J. Faber.]
[British, n.d., c.1740s.]
Very scarce mezzotint, a reworked plate. 130 x 90mm. 5¼ x 3½". Lacking margin.
William Draper (b. 1670), fox hunter, standing in a long, plain coat, with right hand in his belt, left hand holding riding whip. He wears a cap with a short brim at the front, looking towards the viewer, a dog looking up at him on sitter's left. After Charles Philips (1708-1747), originally engraved and published by John Faber the Younger (c.1695 - 1756).
See Chaloner Smith 118 for a larger plate. See NPG D27541.
[Ref: 26221] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Robert Eglesfield] Proepositio & Scholaribus Coll: Reg: Oxon: hanc Roberti Eglesfeld Pientissimi Fundatoris Effigiem.
T. Murray pinx D.D.J. Faber
Sold by J. Faber at ye Golden head ye South Side of Bloomsbury Square [c.1720]
Mezzotint, rare, sheet 415 x 260mm (16¼ x 10¼"). Trimmed to image and pasted to album sheet with letterpress below.
Robert Eglesfield (c.1295-1349), founder of Queen's College, Oxford. The hall was founded in 1341, on a site purchased by Eglesfield from his own funds. Queen Philippa (whose chaplain Eglesfield was) was closely associated with the foundation.
[Ref: 44072] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Robert Eglesfield] Robertus Eglesfield Reginae Philippa Edovardi III Regis Angliae Coniugi a Sacris Confessionis [...]
J. Faber Fecit & Excud.t [c.1720]
Mezzotint, sheet 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾"). Trimmed to image and pasted to album sheet with letterpress below.
Robert Eglesfield (c.1295-1349), founder of Queen's College, Oxford. The hall was founded in 1341, on a site purchased by Eglesfield from his own funds. Queen Philippa (whose chaplain Eglesfield was) was closely associated with the foundation.
[Ref: 44075] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The most Illustraious Princess Elizabeth Crown'd Queen of England. Anno. 1558.
H. Holbein pinx.t 1551. J. Faber fecit 1742.
Publish'd by J. Gatliffe according to Act of Parliament April 1742.
Rare mezzotint. Sheet: 505 x 345mm (20 x 13½"). Trimmed and laid on an album sheet. Some small repairs.
A fine & attractive portrait of Elizabeth I (1533-1603) as a girl shown holding a dove. There have been doubt cast as to whether the portrait is actually of Elizabeth, Holbein died in 1543 so couldn't have painted the original in 1551. Chaloner Smith calls it the 'The Perfect Wife'.
CS 123.
[Ref: 43730] £550.00

Miss Fenton. While Crowds attentive sit to Polly's Voice...
J. Ellys Pinx. J. Faber Fecit.
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill. [n.d., but post 1768.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10") with large margins.
Oval portrait of the actress Lavinia Fenton (1708-60), with verse praising her performance as the original Polly Peachum in John Gay's 'Beggar's Opera', January 1728. In April she ran off with Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton; Gay wrote to Jonathan Swift: ''The Duke of Bolton, I hear, has run away with Polly Peachum, having settled £400 a year on her during pleasure, and upon disagreement £200 a year''. After waiting for the first duchess's death, Lavinia finally married him in 1751. Originally engraved in 1728, this example was printed after Bowles moved to 13 Cornhill in 1768.
CS 127, state ii of ii.
[Ref: 48126] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The R.t. Honourable Lady Sophia Fermor, Married the 14.th. of April. 1744 to John Lord Carteret Principal Secretary of State, since Earl of Granville.
Lady Anne Wentworth, since Countess Fitzwilliam Pinx.t. John Faber fec.t. 1747.
Mezzotint, rare. Plate: 225 x 325mm, (9 x 12¾").
A half-portrait of Sophia Fermor, Countess Granville (1721-1745) who married John Carteret, Earl of Granville (1690-1763).
CS 168
[Ref: 36454] £330.00

[Richard Flemming] Richardus Fleming Episc: Lincoln: Coll: B Mari & omnium Sanct:m Lincoln Fund:r Ao 1427 [...]
[by John Faber senior]
Printed for H. Parker, Print & Bookseller at No 82 in Cornhill London
Mezzotint, sheet (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed to platemark and glued to backing sheet.
Richard Flemming (d.1431), bishop of Lincoln. In 1429 Flemming founded Lincoln College, Oxford, as a specifically theological college as a bulwark against heresy.
[Ref: 44074] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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