Sir George Rooke (c.1650-1709) Admiral of the Fleet

Location

Country: Gibraltar
City: Gibraltar
Place: Governor's Residence, The Convent

John Faber I was born at The Hague and worked as a portrait miniaturist in the Netherlands until at least 1696. By 1698 he had settled in London. He began to experiment with mezzotint engraving and, by 1707, established a printselling business in the Strand. Faber produced a wide range of engraved portraits, including those of clergy and Jacobites, and four portraits of Charles I. He also made series of portraits such as ‘Twelve Ancient Philosophers’, after Rubens. From 1711 to 1712 he collaborated with engraver George Vertue on a project to engrave portraits in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and he later made a series of founders of Oxford and Cambridge colleges. His son was engraver John Faber (c.1695-1756). He died in Bristol, aged c.61.
Francesco Bartolozzi was born in Italy. He became a pupil of the German painter and printmaker Joseph Wagner, then based in Venice. In 1764, he was invited to England by Frederick Augusta Barnard, King George III's Librarian. Although best known for copying Old Master drawings in the stipple technique (such as his reproductions of Guercino’s drawings in the Royal Collection), Bartolozzi also engraved plates after contemporary artists (notably Giovanni Battista Cipriani and Angelica Kauffmann). He set up a studio in London, which produced large numbers of ‘furniture prints’ (generally set within a roundel or oval and intended for framing). In 1802 he left England to become Director of the Lisbon Academy in Portugal.

People

Sir George Rooke (c.1650 - 1709)

Places

Subjects

male portrait, 18th century costume, Member of Parliament, Privy Counsellor, admiral of the fleet, admiral

Materials & Techniques

engraving, stipple engraving

Artist

John, I Faber (c.1660 - 1721)
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)

Title

Sir George Rooke (c.1650-1709) Admiral of the Fleet

Date

1 November 1794

Medium

Engraving and stipple engraving

Acquisition

Convent, Gibraltar (Governor's Residence) collection.

GAC number

17932