Slender
Printmaker:
Favell, John
Designer:
attributed to
Etching on paper. Half-length portrait in profile facing right of a tall gentleman with a large nose, wearing a buckled wig. Three brass buttons are visible on his coat and he wears a neck-band which emphasises his long neck. Title in scratched letters on the plate at lower centre: 'Slender'. The print has been trimmed to within the platemark and then laid down on a secondary support of white paper, a border in pen and ink drawn around and an inscription below: 'Favell - painter at Cambridge'. An inscription in graphite on the artist's board below: '?John Favill d.1804 aged 64'. This is possibly a representation of the character, Slender, from Shakespeare's _Merry Wives of Windsor_. It is not known if the portrait resembles John Favell, painter, of Cambridge. See Notes.
Unknown
by unknown
Height 115mm (cut within platemark) x 90mm (cut within platemark)
Accession number: P.14844-R
Primary reference Number: 225453
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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