John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britainafter Richard Phelps, c.1710–1785, British
Title:
Hannah Snell
Date:
1750
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 8 3/4in. (31.8 x 22.2cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on plate in lower left: "Richd. Phelps pinxt."; on plate in lower right: "J. Faber fecit 1750."; on plate in lower center: "Hannah Snell Born at Worcester 1723. | Inlisted herself by the name of James Gray in General Guise's Regiment then at Carlisle 1745, where she | Receiv'd 500 lashes, Deserted from thence and went to Portsmouth, where she Inlisted in Colonel | Fraser's Regiment of Marines, went in Admiral Boscawen's Squadron to the East Indies, at the seige of | Pondicherry where she Receiv'd 12 shot, one in her Groin Eleven in her legs; 1750. came to England | without the least discovery of her sex, and on her petitioning His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, | he was pleas'd to order her a Pension of 30£. a Year."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection