Faber, John (c.1660-1721), draughtsman and engraver

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Faber, John (c.1660-1721), draughtsman and engraver

c.1660-1721

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.

Ronald Hyam https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp08105/john-faber-sr