Thomas Flatman
William Faithorne
c. 1690
Medium
mezzotint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 31.7 x 34.1 cm (12 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.) sheet: 36.9 x 27.3 cm (14 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Paul Mellon Fund
Accession Number
2001.118.9
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 ...