Sir George Rooke
Printed in brown; state before title. An oval bust-length portrait of George Rooke (c. 1650–1709) in a long wig, armour and a sash fastened at the shoulder with a brooch. Lettered beneath the image with the production details: ‘J. Faber del. 1703 / F. Bartolozzi sculp 1794.’ This portrait was engraved in 1794 by Francesco Bartolozzi after a drawing by John Faber the Elder from 1703. The print was published by Robert Faulder and appeared as a frontispiece in John Charnock’s ‘Biographia Navalis; or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, From the Year 1660 to the Present Time’ (London: R. Faulder, 1794), volume 1. For state with title, see PAD4620. (Updated May 2019.)
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Object Details
ID: | PAD4559 |
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Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Faber, Johan; Bartolozzi, Francesco |
Date made: | 1794 |
People: | Rooke, George |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caldwell Collection |
Measurements: | Sheet: 190 mm x 140 mm |