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Faber, John, the younger
Thomas Sutton, Esq. Thomas Sutton, Esq.
1754 1754

Thomas Sutton (1532–1611) was the founder of the London Charterhouse, originally a hospital and school. Sutton holds a scroll in one hand and a map in the other, indicating the site where the newly founded institution was to reside. The Charterhouse emblem is depicted on the tablecloth at the lower left of the picture frame. A prolific portraitist, John Faber the Younger became a well-respected engraver of portraits starting in the 1730s. Faber’s specialty was the portrayal of seated figures.

Faber, John, the younger
The Hague, Netherlands 1695-London, England 1756 The Hague, Netherlands 1695-London, England 1756
Thomas Sutton, Esq. Thomas Sutton, Esq.
1754 1754
engraving and mezzotint on paper Gravure et mezzotinte
height / width: 47.20 x 35.00 cm; 18.58 x 13.78 in.
Gift from the estate of Mabel E. Segsworth, through the Queen's University Art Foundation, 1944 Don de la succession de Mabel E. Segsworth, par l’intermédiaire de la Fondation pour les arts de l’Université Queen’s, 1944
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