Charles II
William Faithorne
1650s
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 32.8 x 23.9 cm (12 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 42.6 x 27 cm (16 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
2006.4.2
About the Artist
William Faithorne
William Faithorne, often called "the Elder" (c. 1616–1691), was a pioneering English engraver, printmaker, and portrait painter whose masterful line engravings elevated the craft in seventeenth-century Britain. Born in London to a bit-maker, he was apprenticed in 1635 to the printseller William Peake for a decade; following Peake's early death in 1639, he continued under Robert Peake and received ...