Sir Thomas Fairfax, General of the Forces Raised by Parliament

William Marshall

published 1647

Sir Thomas Fairfax, General of the Forces Raised by Parliament by William Marshall

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

plate: 29.3 × 23 cm (11 9/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1951.11.437

About the Artist

William Marshall

**William Edgar Marshall (1837–1906)** was a preeminent American engraver and portrait painter, renowned for his meticulous line engravings on steel that captured the dignity and character of his subjects. Born in New York City to Scottish parents, Marshall began his career young, apprenticing at age seventeen in a watch-case factory before honing his skills engraving portraits at the U.S. Treasur...

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