An oval bust-length portrait of Sir Charles Wager (1666–1743) wearing a long wig and a metal breastplate under his coat with a rocky cliff behind his head and his flagship in the right-hand background. Lettered beneath the image with the title and a dedication to Arthur Onslow: ‘The Honble. Sr. Charles Wager Knt. Admiral of ye Blew Squadron of his Majties fleet & one of ye Lds. Commissrs. of ye Admiralty &c. Done from an Original Painting in ye hands of ye Right Honble. Arthur Onslow Esqr. Speaker of ye Honble. House of Commons, &c. To whom this Plate is most humbly Dedicated by his most Obedient servt. John Faber.’ Also lettered with the production details, ‘T. Gibson pinxt. / I. Faber fecit 1732.’ This portrait was engraved by John Faber the Younger in 1732 after Thomas Gibson’s oil painting of 1731, which is now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum (see BHC3072). As noted in the print’s inscription, Gibson’s painting was owned at the time of engraving by the Speaker of the House of Commons Arthur Onslow, who was a close friend of the sitter. The inscription refers to Wager as one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, which he became in March 1717, and as admiral of the blue, which he became in July 1731. Faber later republished the print with an updated inscription in 1737 (see PAF3356). (Updated May 2019.)