John Faber Sr
(circa 1660-1721), Draughtsman and engraverArtist associated with 195 portraits
Born in Holland, John Faber came to London in around 1687 and began engraving portraits shortly thereafter. By 1707, he had established a shop near the Savoy in the Strand where he printed and published his own work. Among his more famous mezzotints are portraits of the founders of both Oxford and Cambridge, a set of the heads of the twelve Caesars and twenty-one portraits of the Reformers. Faber's work is noteworthy because he was one of the few mezzotint engravers who often both designed and engraved his plates. His son, John Faber, also became a portrait engraver.
Called Queen Margaret of Anjou
by John Faber Sr, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, late 17th century
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Called Queen Margaret of Anjou
by John Faber Sr, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, late 17th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, late 17th or early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, late 17th-early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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probably by John Faber Sr, published by Henry Parker
mezzotint, early 18th century
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Walter of Merton, Bishop of Rochester
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by and published by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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probably by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint in red, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr, after Hans Holbein the Younger
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr, after Hans Holbein the Younger
mezzotint, probably early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, probably early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, probably early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, probably early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, early 18th century
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Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine
by John Faber Sr, published by George Bickham the Younger, after Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt
mezzotint, circa 1700-1721
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by John Faber Sr, after Hans Holbein the Younger
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr, after Hans Holbein the Younger
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr, after Daniel Schultz the Younger, published by Thomas Bakewell
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by and published by John Faber Sr, after Michael Dahl
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by and published by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by and published by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint printed in red, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, probably early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, probably early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, early 18th century
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by John Faber Sr, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, circa 1700-1721
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King James I of England and VI of Scotland
by John Faber Sr, published by Thomas Bowles Sr, after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after Nicholas Hilliard
mezzotint, published circa 1700-1725 (1617)
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, circa 1700-1725
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James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
by and published by John Faber Sr, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, circa 1700-1721
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Princess Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine
by and published by John Faber Sr, after Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt
mezzotint, circa 1700-1721
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King James I of England and VI of Scotland
by John Faber Sr, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
mezzotint, 1707
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King James I of England and VI of Scotland
by John Faber Sr, sold by Thomas Taylor, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
mezzotint, 1707
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by and published by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, 1707
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by and published by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, 1707
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by John Faber Sr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1707-1721
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by John Faber Sr, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, circa 1707-1721
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James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, circa 1707-1719
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James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
by John Faber Sr, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, circa 1707-1719
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, 1707
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by John Faber Sr, after Hans Holbein the Younger
mezzotint, circa 1707-1721 (1523)
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, 1708
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, 1708
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by and published by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, published 1709
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by John Faber Sr
mezzotint, circa 1710-1720
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