Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain

after Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780, British

Published by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Title:
Sir James Thornhill
Date:
1732
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, pasted on contemporary mount of moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 13 7/8 x 9 15/16 inches (35.3 x 25.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, on paper attached to sheet [from letter by Thornhill], lower left: "May the 25th: 1722"; on paper attached to sheet [signature from letter by Thornhill], lower right: "James Thornhill"; in graphite, on back, center: "Sir James Thornhill | 1676-1734"; on back, lower right: "6541 | 11 x 14 3/4 | [...] | pulp mount | CS 345 III/II | 924? | £25"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11729
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait | wig | cravat | coat | oval | artist | man
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Jacqueline Riding, Basic Instincts Love, Passion and Violence in the Art of Joseph Highmore, Paul Holberton Publishing, London, p. 25, fig. 12, NJ18.H4888 R53 2017 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31387