John Wesley. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1743, after J. Williams.

1743

1 print : mezzotint

Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/7/47

[Chaloner Smith's state I, with Williams's address in Dogwell Court].

John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, part 1, London 1878, p. 442, no. 378 ("378. John Wesley, Williams. Full H. L., standing, directed and facing very slightly to right, looking to front, long hair, bands, black gown, hands on book upright on table before him, lettered Homil. 12, to left large volume with papers under, lettered Holy Bible, bookshelves in background to right, curtain to left. Under, Jno. Williams pinxt. J Faber fecit John Wesley M.A. Fellow of Lincoln Colledge Oxford. Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt Sepr the 10th 1743 by J Williams & sold by him at the front house in Dogwell Court White Fryers. ... I. As described. Two known. II. Address erased; at bottom, Printed for & sold by H Overton at the White Horse without Newgate 1748. III. Retouched; address after "Sold by" erased; instead, Sayer Printseller near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. IV. Modern, "John" altered to Charles. "Fellow ... Oxford" erased.")

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 3164.1

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