George Lambert (c.1700-1765) painter
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About the work
- Location
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Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection
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About the artist
John Vanderbank, portraitist, history painter and illustrator, was born in London, the son of a tapestry weaver of the same name. From 1711, he studied at Kneller's Academy and, in 1720, established an academy of his own with French painter Louis Cheron, in St. Martin's Lane. The academy closed after May 1724, when Vanderbank fled to France to avoid imprisonment for debts. He studiously copied the work of Rubens and Van Dyck and was considered a gifted portraitist. However, he ruined a promising career through intemperate living. From 1724 to 1729 he was repeatedly in debt and detained in Fleet prison. His chief book illustrations were 68 plates for ‘Don Quixote’ (1738). He died of at his home in Holles Street aged 45, leaving a wife, Anne.
John Faber II was born in Amsterdam, the son of engraver John Faber (c.1660-1721). The family settled in England by 1698. He was a pupil of his father, studied at the St Martin’s Lane Academy and also joined the Rose and Crown Club of artists, which met at a Covent Garden tavern. He produced mezzotints under the name John Faber Junior, until his father’s death in 1721. In 1737 publisher George Virtue recorded an attack on him by a street robber, during which he was shot in the breast, however he later recovered. In total, he made over 500 mezzotint prints, mainly after 17th-century or contemporary artists, becoming the leading mezzotint engraver of his day. His apprentices included Andrew Miller (died 1763). He died of gout, aged about 61.
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- Places
- Subjects
- painter, artist (as Subject), male portrait, 18th century costume
- Materials & Techniques
- mezzotint
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Details
- Title
- George Lambert (c.1700-1765) painter
- Date
- Medium
- Mezzotint
- Dimensions
- height: 36.10 cm, width: 26.00 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Grosvenor Prints, May 2002
- Provenance
- With Grosvenor Prints, London; from whom purchased by the Government Art Collection in May 2002
- GAC number
- 17704