Frederick Prince of Wales. Mezzotint by J. Faber the younger after J. Davidson, 1739.
- Davison, Jeremiah, approximately 1695-1745.
- Date:
- [1739?]
- Reference:
- 2199801i
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About this work
Description
Frederick Prince of Wales, three quarter length to left, facing front
Publication/Creation
[London] (St Paul's Church Yard) : Printed for Tho. Bowles ; [London] (in Cornhil) : Ino. Bowles, [1739?]
Physical description
1 print : mezzotint ; platemark 35.5 x 25.3 cm
Lettering
His Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales. I Davison pinx. 1739 ; I. Faber fecit - 3
Edition
[State with Bowles's address and with the prince's curly hair rather than a wig].
References note
Freeman O'Donoghue, Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London 1910, vol. 2, p. 256, no. 5
John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, part I, London 1883, pp. 353-354, Faber the younger no. 144, undescribed state
Reference
Wellcome Collection 2199801i
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Location Status Access Closed stores