Project for the Busts for Queen Carolines Library X

The Busts for Queen Caroline's Library in St James's Palace.

 

Mezzotints by John Faber the Younger, c 1731.

 

Mezzotints - each bust length in semi-circular niche with titles and dates below. From John Faber the Younger's series of ten plates of English Kings and Queens, from William I to Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland.

 

It is unusual to find print intact as most often the individual portraits were cut from the plate to distribute individually.

 

 Size - platemark - 35.0 x 25.0 cm

 

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