 Two samples of the many portraits John Faber "The Elder" engraved.  |
John Faber, The Elder (about 1660-1721)
The elder of father and son, John Faber. Born about 1660-1721 at The Hague, South Holland in the Netherlands. He became a permanent resident of England around 1698. Although he specialized in mezzotint engraving, he was especially noted for his miniature pen portraits on vellum; the best-known of these is of the Dutch theologian Simon Episcopius. Among Faber's mezzotints are portraits of the English ecclesiastic Bishop Atterbury, of the British political preacher Dr. Henry Sacheverell, and other persons of the age; also a set of about 45 portraits of the founders of various colleges in Oxford and Cambridge universities.
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