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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