| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | John Faber |
| Published | Printed for Tho: Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill. c.1733 |
| Dimensions | Image 317 x 247 mm, Plate 350 x 248 mm, Sheet 381 x 278 mm |
| Notes |
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was an immensely influential mathematical scientist, in one year (1665-6), when driven from Cambridge by plague, Newton formulated a series of important theories concerning light, colour, calculus and the 'universal law of gravitation'. According to tradition, he developed the latter theory after seeing an apple fall from a tree. He published Principia (1687) and the Opticks (1704), and was knighted in 1705. Newton was President of the Royal Society from 1703 until his death. John Faber Jr (c.1695-1756) was an engraver, portrait and miniature painter. Faber Junior, the son of John Faber, also an engraver, was born in Amsterdam. His family settled in England and he learned drawing and mezzotint engraving from his father before enrolling at the academy in St Martin's Lane founded by Louis Cheron and John Vanderbank. A prolific portraitist, Faber became a well-respected engraver of portraits. Sir Godfrey Kneller and Peter Lely had him make prints after their works. He is best remembered for his forty-seven plates of members of the Kit-Kat Club after Kneller and a series of twelve portraits entitled Beauties of Hampton Court. Chaloner Smith 125d i/iii, Burgess - Portraits in the Wellcome Institute 2140/45, O'Donoghue 36, Lennox - Boyd ii/iv Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £400.00 |
| Stock ID | 21296 |