Portret van William Barlow
John Faber (II)
1743
Medium
etching
Dimensions
250; 354
About this artwork
height 354 mm x width 250 mm
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 18th-century British portraiture with *Portret van William Barlow*, striking etching by John Faber II, created in 1743. 354 mm high by 250 mm wide, print captures the poised elegance typical of the Rococo era, where detailed likenesses served as markers of social status and intellectual prestige. Faber II (1684–1756), a master engraver based in London, was renowned his reproductive prints that made elite paintings accessible to a wider audience through affordable multiples. Etching, the medium here, highlights Faber's technical prowess: acid etched into a metal ...