Sir William Sanderson

published 1658

William Faithorne

Associated Names
William Faithorne

Artist, English, 1616 - 1691

The image is an engraving showing an upper body portrait of a man, depicted from the chest up. The man has long, wavy hair that extends past his shoulders and a full beard and mustache. He is wearing a dark garment with a white collar and an adornment around his neck. The background consists of dense, parallel lines. Beneath the portrait is a rectangular area containing text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.2 × 16.9 cm (9 15/16 × 6 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1951.11.721

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fagan 1888, no. 58

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

Q65368540

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