Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew of Stene (1633-1722) Bishop of Durham (after Sir Godfrey Kneller)
John Faber the Younger (c.1695 - London 1756)
Category
Photographs
Date
1698
Materials
paper
Measurements
380 x 300 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290844
Summary
Photograph, of mezzotint, Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew of Stene (1633-1722) Bishop of Durham (after Sir Godfrey Kneller) by John Faber the younger (Gravenhage 1684 – London 1756), Published 1727 after G.Kneller (1698). Three-quarter length portrait of Nathaniel Crewe standing in rich robes, a coronet in his hand and a mitre on a bible beside him. His hair is worn long an dloose. Inscription below; 'The Rt. Revd. and Rt. Honble. Nathaniel Lord Crewe Lord Bishop of Durham and Baron of Steane, Consecrated Bishop of Oxford 1671 translated to Durham 1674 Privy Councellor to their Majesties Charles and James 2nd. Dyed Sep. 1721 aged 88'. From the painting in the Bodleian Library.
Marks and inscriptions
The Rt. Revd. and Rt. Honble. Nathaniel Lord Crewe Lord Bishop of Durham and Baron of Steane, Consecrated Bishop of Oxford 1671 translated to Durham 1674 Privy Councellor to their Majesties Charles and James 2nd. Dyed Sep. 1721 aged 88
Makers and roles
John Faber the Younger (c.1695 - London 1756), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723), artist