John Hacket, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry

published 1675

William Faithorne

Associated Names
William Faithorne

Artist, English, 1616 - 1691

The image features a man in clerical attire with a skullcap. He is looking towards the viewer with an expressive face. The man has short gray hair and wears a clerical gown with a high collar and a stole. The frame around him is intricately engraved with inscriptions. Above him are two ribbons with the words "Serve God and be Chearfull." The background has a crosshatch pattern, and below are details about the man's age, date of death, and a poetic passage. The setting is formal and historical, likely for commemoration.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.3 × 19.8 cm (12 5/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.684

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fagan 1888, no. 39

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

W. B. Dukes [d. 1942], London, (L.2757a); (Sotheby, London, sale July 8, 1942, no. 112); Hermann Marx [d. 1948], Surrey, (L.2816a); (Sotheby, London, sale May 24, 1948, no. 165); Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891 - 1979], Philadelphia, (L.1932d); gift to NGA, 1951.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1888

  • Fagan, Louis. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Engraved Works of William Faithorne. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1888.

Wikidata ID

Q65368401

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