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Thomas Lord Fairfax
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Thomas Lord Fairfax

Date1738
Engraver Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780)
After work by Samuel Cooper (1608 - 1672)
Publisher John and Paul Knapton
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching
DimensionsOH: 18 1/2" x OW: 12 5/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1930-434
DescriptionText on surrounding circle reads: "THOMAS LORD FAIRFAX"
Lower margin reads: "J. Houbraken sculp Amst./ In the Collection of Bryan Fairfax Esq.r/ Impensis J. & P. Knapton Londini 1738/ Copper Pinxit"
Label TextThis is one of the portraits for the Kit Kat Club and was then included in volumes of Birch's "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, Engraved by Mr Houbraken and by Mr Vertue" (London, 1743-1752) (compiling of portraits of famous people); these were sold in the Colonies.