John Faber the Elder

Born in The Hague, Dutch Republic, Faber initially worked in Amsterdam as a miniaturist.

In 1707 Faber was settled in The Strand, near the Savoy Hospital, where he kept a print-shop, and practised as a mezzotint engraver.

[4] Faber was noted for the small portraits which he drew from the life on vellum with a pen, one being of Simon Episcopius.

[5] To his visit to Oxford were due also the engraved portraits of Samuel Butler, Charles I, Geoffrey Chaucer, Duns Scotus, John Hevelius, Ben Jonson, and others.

[4] He also engraved sets of portraits, such as 12 Ancient Philosophers, after Rubens, The Four Indian Kings (1710), and The 21 Reformers.

Mezzotint portrait of Sir Walter Mildmay , founder of Emmanuel College, Cambridge , by John Faber the Elder.
Mezzotint portrait of William Smyth , Bishop of Lincoln , and founder of Brasenose College, Oxford , by John Faber Senior.