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Print made by William Faithorne, ca. 1620–1691, British, Sir Thomas Fairfax, ca. 1646
- Title:
Sir Thomas Fairfax
- Date:
- ca. 1646
- Medium:
- Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 1/8 × 7 9/16 inches (28.2 × 19.2 cm), Image: 8 1/16 × 6 9/16 inches (20.4 × 16.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower left: "a51352"
Collector's mark, verso: John Young (Lugt 1560); collector's mark: Yale University Art Gallery (Lugt 2667c)
Lettered, lower center: "The Pourtraicture of his Excellency S,,r Thomas | Farfax Generall of all the English forces for | the Service of Y:e two houses of Parliament. | Guil: Faithorne Sculp:"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Edward B. Greene
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.944
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armed forces | armour | army | baron | beard | collar | curls | gaze | general | knights | man | moustache | nobleman | oval | parliament | portrait | posing | solemn
- Associated People:
- Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax (1612 - 1671), General of the Parliamentary army
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37708
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