File:The Honourable Sr. John Fortescue Aland Knt. (1733) by John Faber the Younger.jpg

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Summary

English: The Honourable Sr. John Fortescue Aland Knt. one of þe Justices of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas F.R.S. (

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Artist

John Faber Junior (1684–1756)
Alternative names	John Faber the Younger
Description	Dutch engraver, painter and copper engraver son of Johan Faber
Date of birth/death	1684	2 May 1756
Location of birth/death	The Hague	London
Work period	18^th century date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Work location	London
Authority file	: Q1700028 VIAF: 79456294 ISNI: 0000000080454408 ULAN: 500021840 LCCN: no00093089 DBNL: fabe025 WorldCat



Alternative names	Gottfried Kneller, Birth name: Gottfried Kniller
Description	German painter, drawer, engraver and miniaturist
Date of birth/death	8 August 1646	7 November 1723
Location of birth/death	Lübeck	London
Work period	between circa 1660 and circa 1723 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1660-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1723-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Leiden (circa 1660–1665), Rome, Venice (1672–1675), Nuremberg, Hamburg (1674–1676), London (1676–1723), France (1684–1685)
Authority file	: Q65317 VIAF: 74127041 ISNI: 0000000081545352 ULAN: 500015875 LCCN: n82103048 NLA: 35216965 WorldCat

Title

English: The Honourable Sr. John Fortescue Aland Knt. one of þe Justices of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas F.R.S.

Description

English: A mezzotint of John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan (7 March 1670 – 19 December 1746), an English lawyer, judge, politician, and writer on English legal and constitutional history.

Date

1733

Medium

mezzotint print on paper.

Dimensions

height: 350 mm (13.77 in); width: 250 mm (9.84 in).

Collection

British Museum

	Native name	British Museum
	Location	London
	Coordinates	51° 31′ 10″ N, 0° 07′ 37″ W
	Established	1753
	Website	www.britishmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q6373 VIAF: 134857252 ISNI: 0000000123428817 ULAN: 500125180 LCCN: n79107735 NLA: 35022119 WorldCat

Current location

Prints and Drawings Department.
London, England, United Kingdom.

Accession number

museum registration no.: 1874,0808.1148.

Inscriptions

caption: "The Honourable S^r. John Fortescue Aland Kn^t. one of þ^e Justices of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas F.R.S."; at bottom: "G. Kneller Bar^t Pinxit. / I. Faber Fecit 1733."

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