| 16th Cent. |
| Raynalde, Thomas. | Published in 1540 a book called "The Birth of Mankind," illustrated by copperplate engravings. |
| Geminus, Thomas. | Published in 1545 a translation of "Vesalius' Anatomy," written and illustrated with copperplates engraved by himself. |
| *Hogenberg, Francis. | Engraved in line a portrait of Queen Mary I. of England, bearing date 1555. (There are doubts as to the correctness of this date.) |
*Hogenberg, Remigius.
(Brother of above.) | Engraved in line portrait of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, bearing date 1573. |
| Rogers, William. | b. London c. 1545. Engraved in line a fine whole-length portrait of Queen Elizabeth, afterwards republished and reduced in size. |
| 17th Cent. |
| *De Passe, Crispin. | b. Utrecht c. 1560. Line. Engraved and drew from life. |
*De Passe, Magdalen.
(Daughter of above.) | b. Utrecht 1583. Line. |
*De Passe, William.
(Son of above.) | b. Utrecht c. 1590; fl. 1620ndash;27. Line. |
*De Passe, Simon.
(Son of above.) | b. Utrecht 1591; d. c. 1644. Line. His earliest work in England dated 1613. |
| Delaram, Francis. | fl. c. 1620. Line. |
| Elstracke, Reginald. | fl. c. 1620. Line. |
| Peake, Sir Robert. | b. c. 1592; d. 1645. Line. Also painted portraits in miniature. Master of engraver Faithorne and painter Dobson. |
| *Hollar, Wenceslaus. | b. Prague 1607; d. London 1677. Etcher, finishing, when necessary, with fine graver. |
| *Lombart, Peter. | b. Paris 1612; came to England c. 1653, remaining for considerable number of years; d. Paris. Line. Engraved series of twelve portraits called "The Countesses." |
Faithorne, William.
(Pupil of Sir Robert Peake.) | b. London 1616; d. London 1691. Line. |
*Vanderbank, Peter.
(Pupil of De Poilly.) Line. | b. Paris; of Dutch extraction; came to England c. 1674; d. Bradfield 1697. |
| Barlow, Francis. | b. Lincolnshire 1626; d. London 1702. Etcher, line engraver, and animal painter. |
Gaywood, Robert.
(Pupil of Hollar.) | b. c. 1630; d. c. 1711. Etcher and line engraver, chiefly of animal subjects. |
*Loggan, David.
(Pupil of Simon de Passe.) | b. Dantzic c. 1630; d. London 1693. Line. Portrait and architectural engraver and painter. |
| Rupert, Prince. | b. 1619; d. 1682. Introduced mezzotint into England, and engraved some fine prints in the method, which were probably executed abroad. |
| Sherwin, William. | b. c. 1650; d. c. 1714. Engraved portrait of Charles II. 1669, the earliest dated print in mezzotint authentically engraved in England. |
Oliver, John.
(Nephew and pupil of Peter Oliver, miniature painter and etcher.) | b. 1616; d. 1701. Glass painter; also engraved in mezzotint. |
| Place, Francis. | b. c. 1640; d. 1728. Mezzotint, line, etching. |
| Tompson, Richard. | | | fl. 1670. A good many early mezzotint prints bear these two names, but only as publishers (excudit not sculpsit), and there is great doubt if any were actually engraved by them. Browne wrote the "Ars Pictoria" in 1669, in which "The Manner or Way of Mezo Tinto" is described; published by himself, Tompson, and another. | | Browne, Alexander. | |
*Blootelingh, Abraham.
(Pupil of Cornelius Visscher.) | b. Amsterdam 1634; d. c. 1695. Line and mezzotint. Came to England for a few years 1673. |
*Valck, Gerard.
(Pupil of Blootelingh.) | b. Amsterdam c. 1626; d. c. 1720. Mezzotint and line. Accompanied Blootelingh to England, not leaving until after 1680. |
White, Robert.
(Pupil of David Loggan.) | b. London 1645; d. London 1704. Line. Portrait draughtsman from life. |
| *Vandervaart, John. | b. Haarlem 1647; d. London 1721. Mezzotinter and painter. Came to England 1674. |
*Van Somer, Paul.
(Pupil of John Van Somer, probably his brother.) | b. Amsterdam 1649; d. London 1694. Mezzotint. |
Faithorne, William, junr.
(Son of William Faithorne.) | b. London 1656; d. London 1686. Mezzotint. |
Luttrell, E.
(Said to have learnt method of mezzotint from Blois, ground layer to Blootelingh.) | b. Dublin c. 1650; d. c. 1710. Mezzotinter and crayon portraitist. |
Beckett, Isaac.
(Attracted by Luttrell's works, learnt the method of mezzotint from Lloyd, a printseller, who is said to have obtained the secret from Blois, ground layer to Blootelingh.) | b. Kent 1653; d. 1719. Mezzotint. Prints all dated between 1681ndash;88. |
Smith, John.
(Pupil of Beckett and Vandervaart.) | b. Daventry 1652; d. Northampton 1742. Mezzotint. |
| Williams, R. | b. Wales. Mezzotint. Prints dated c. 1680 to 1704. |
| *Dorigny, Sir Nicholas. | b. Paris 1657; d. Paris 1746. Line. Settled in London 1711ndash;24. Knighted by George I. for his set of Raphael's cartoons. |
| Lens, Bernard. | b. London 1659; d. 1725. Mezzotint. |
| *Gribelin, Simon. | b. Blois 1661; d. England 1733. Line. Came to England 1680; engraved first complete set of Raphael's cartoons. |
Lumley, George.
(Friend of Francis Place.) | b. York latter part of 17th century. Mezzotint. |
White, George.
(Son and pupil of Robert White.). | b. 1671; d. 1731ndash;2. Mezzotint. Introduced slight etching into the method. Engraved also in line, and painted portraits |
| 18th Cent. |
| *Simon, John (or Jean). | b. Normandy 1675; d. London c. 1755. First engraved in line, then came to England and devoted himself to mezzotint. |
| Vertue, George. | b. London 1684; d. London 1756. Line; antiquary, wrote notes on the history of arts and artists in England. Manuscripts now in the British Museum. |
| *Van Bleeck, Peter. | b. Flanders; d. 1764. Came to England 1723 Mezzotint. |
| *Faber, John, sen. | b. Holland; d. Bristol 1721. Mezzotint; also miniature painter. Came to England in 1687 with his son. |
*Faber, John, jun.
(Son and pupil of above.) | b. Holland 1684; d. London 1746. Mezzotint. Amongst others, engraved Kit Cat Club and Hampton Court Beauties. |
Hogarth, William.
(First apprenticed to silversmith.) | b. St. Bees, Durham, 1697; d. London 1764. Line engraver and painter. |
| Sullivan, Luke. | b. co. Louth, Ireland, 1705; d. London 1771. Line. Assistant to Hogarth, and engraved some of his pictures. |
*Baron, Bernard.
(Pupil of Tardieu, the French engraver.) | b. Paris c. 1700; d. London 1762. Line. Came to England in 1712. Employed by Hogarth. |
| Worlidge, Thomas. | b. 1700; d. Hammersmith 1766. Etcher and portrait painter. Chiefly resided at Bath. |
| Bickham, George. | d. 1769. Line and etching, draughtsman. Published "The Universal Penman;" father of George, also an engraver and draughtsman. |
*Ravenet, FranÇois Simon, A.E.
(Pupil of Le Bas.) | b. Paris 1706; d. Hampstead Road 1774. Line. Came to England a little before 1745, and settled in London. |
| Frye, Thomas. | b. near Dublin 1710; d. London 1760. Mezzotinter and portrait painter, chiefly lifesize. |
| Brooks, John. | b. Ireland; d. London. Line and mezzotint. Master of McArdell and R. Houston. Left Dublin c. 1747, and set up a china manufactory at Battersea. |
McArdell, James.
(Pupil of John Brooks, Dublin.) | b. Dublin c. 1729; d. London 1765. Mezzotint. First made use of deep etching to give effect to the method. |
| *Canot, Peter Charles, A.E. | b. France 1710; d. London 1777. Line; chiefly sea views. Came to England 1740, where he remained for the rest of his life. |
| Chatelaine, John Baptiste Claude. | b. London 1710; d. London 1771. Line and draughtsman. Of French Protestant parentage. Master of Vivares, for whom also he worked later on. |
*Vivares, Francis.
(Pupil of Chatelaine.) | b. France 1709; d. London 1780. Line; landscape engraver. Came to London at the age of eighteen. |
| Tinney, John. | d. 1761. Practised in London 1740ndash;50, in line and mezzotint; chiefly known as master of Woollett, Anthony Walker, and John Browne. |
| Major, Thomas, A.E. | b. 1720; d. London 1799. Line. First Associate engraver of the Royal Academy. |
| Cooper, Richard. | b. Yorkshire; d. Edinburgh 1764. Line and mezzotint. Practised in Edinburgh in 1730, and was the master of Strange. |
Strange, Sir Robert.
(Pupil of Richard Cooper, of Edinburgh.) | b. Pomona, Orkney, 1721; d. London 1792. Line. |
Houston, Richard.
(Pupil of John Brooks, of Dublin.) | b. Ireland 1721; d. London 1775. Mezzotint. |
| Baillie, William, Captain. | b. Ireland 1723; d. 1810. Etching and mezzotint. Came to London 1741. Some years in the army. |
*Bartolozzi, Francis, R.A.
(Pupil of Joseph Wagner, of Venice.) | b. Florence 1725; d. Lisbon 1815. Stipple and line. Came to England 1764, remaining here till 1802. |
Ogborne, John.
(Pupil of Bartolozzi.) | b. London c. 1725; d. c. 1795. Stipple and line. |
Walker, Anthony.
(Pupil of Tinney.) | b. Salisbury 1726; d. London 1765. Line and etching. |
Walker, William.
(Pupil of his brother Anthony.) | b. Thirsk 1729; d. Clerkenwell 1793. Line; introduced the process of rebiting into the practice of etching. |
| *Cunego, Domenico. | b. Verona 1727; d. Rome 1794. Line. Came to England and engraved some plates for the Boydells. |
| Greenwood, John. | b. Boston, America, 1729; d. Margate 1792. Mezzotint, etching, and painter. Afterwards became an auctioneer. |
| Spilsbury, John. | b. 1730; d. London 1795. Mezzotint. Portrait painter. Gained premiums for mezzotint 1761 and 1763 from Society of Arts; also printseller. |
| Dawe, Philip. | d. c. 1802. Mezzotint and painter, said to have worked under Hogarth. Was a pupil of the painter Henry Morland. |
Basire, James.
(Pupil of Richd. Dalton, a draughtsman and engraver of moderate note.) | b. 1730; d. London 1802. Line. His father Isaac, his son James, and his grandson James, were also engravers. |
| Taylor, Isaac. | b. Worcester 1730; d. 1807. Line. His son Isaac was also an engraver. |
| Fisher, Edward. | b. Ireland 1730; d. London c. 1785. Mezzotint. |
| Finlayson, John. | b. c. 1730; d. c. 1776. Mezzotint. Resided in London. Gained premiums from Society of Arts 1764 and 1773. |
*Haid, Johann Gottfried.
(Pupil of his father, J. Jacob Haid.) | b. Wurtemburg 1730; d. 1776. Mezzotint. Came to England when young, and worked for Boydell, afterwards returning to Germany. His father, Johann Jacob, and his brother, Johann Elias, were also good mezzotinters. |
| *Jacobe, Johann. | b. Vienna 1733; d. 1797. Came to London to learn mezzotint, engraved some fine plates, 1779ndash;80, and then returned to Vienna. |
Pether, William.
(Pupil of Thomas Frye.) | b. Carlisle 1731; d. 1821. Mezzotint. Painter in oil and miniature draughtsman. |
Woollett, William.
(Pupil of Tinney.) | b. Maidstone 1735; d. London 1785. Line. |
| Watts, John. | Mezzotint. Engraved in London 1770ndash;86; also a printseller. |
| Brookshaw, Richard. | b. 1736; d. c. 1804. Mezzotint. Went to Paris about 1772, where his works were greatly esteemed. |
Purcell, Richard.
(Pupil of John Brooks.) Also worked under the names of C. Corbutt and (probably) H. Fowler. | b. Dublin c. 1736; d. London c. 1766. Mezzotint. Came to London c. 1755. |
| Phillips, Charles. | b. 1737. Mezzotint. Worked chiefly after the old masters. |
Ryland, William Wynne.
(Pupil of Ravenet.) | b. London 1738; d. London 1783. Line and stipple; also a printseller. Visited Paris c. 1760, and is said to have studied under Le Bas. Was hanged for forgery. |
| Green, Valentine, A.E. | b. near Birmingham 1739; d. London 1813. Mezzotint. Engraved over twenty plates from DÜsseldorf Gallery. |
Hall, John.
(Pupil of Ravenet.) | b. near Colchester 1739; d. London 1797. Line. |
| Blackmore, Thomas. | b. London c. 1740; d. c. 1780. Mezzotint. Engravings bear date about 1769ndash;71. |
| Dixon, John. | b. Dublin c. 1740; d. early 19th century. Mezzotint. Practised in London, studied in Dublin under the painter F. West, a draughtsman of great power. |
| Laurie, Robert. | b. London 1740; d. c. 1804. Mezzotint; also printseller. Gained premium Society of Arts 1771, and one in 1776 for facilitating printing by mezzotint in colours. Spells his name Lowry, Lowery, Lowrie, Lawrie, and finally Laurie. |
| Okey, Samuel. | fl. 1765ndash;70. Mezzotint. Awarded premiums by Society of Arts in 1765 and 1767. Went to America in 1771, and settled at Rhode Island. |
| Watson, James. | b. Ireland 1740; d. London 1790. Mezzotint. Father of Caroline Watson. |
Browne, John, A.E.
(Pupil of Tinney and Woollett.) | b. Essex 1741; d. Walworth 1801. Line. Landscape engraver. |
Watson, Thomas.
(Apprenticed to engraver on plate.) | b. London 1743; d. Bristol 1781. Mezzotint and stipple. Engraved "Windsor Beauties" after Lely; has been stated to be the brother of James W., but no relation; partner with Dickinson as printseller. |
| *Tassaert, Philip J. | b. Antwerp; d. London 1803. Mezzotint, also line. Came to England very young. Assistant to T. Hudson the painter. |
Byrne, William.
(Pupil of his uncle, a heraldic engraver, then of Aliamet and of Wille, at Paris.) | b. London 1743; d. London 1805. Line. Landscape engraver. His son John and daughters Letitia and Elizabeth also engraved, and helped him in his plates. |
| Earlom, Richard. | b. London 1743; d. London 1822. Mezzotint and stipple. Used etching with vigorous effect. Engraved a few plates under name of H. Birche; some time a pupil of Cipriani. |
Dunkarton, Robert.
(Pupil of Pether.) | b. London 1744; d. early part of 19th century. Mezzotint. Engravings bear dates 1770ndash;1811. |
Cook, Thomas.
(Pupil of Ravenet.) | b. c. 1744; d. c. 1818. Line. Engraved amongst others Hogarth's works under title "Hogarth Restored." |
| Dickinson, William. | b. London 1746; d. Paris 1823. Mezzotint and stipple. Awarded premium Society of Arts 1767. For some time partner with Thomas Watson as printseller. |
| Townley, Charles. | b. London 1746. Mezzotint and stipple, also miniature painter. Worked at Berlin 1786ndash;92, then returned to London. |
Ryder, Thomas.
(Pupil of Basire.) | b. 1746; d. 1810. Stipple. His son Thomas also engraved. |
Walker, James.
(Pupil of Val. Green.) | b. 1748; d. London 1808. Mezzotint. In 1784 went to St. Petersburg, became engraver to Empress of Russia, and returned to England in 1802. |
| Murphy, John | b. Ireland 1748; d after 1820. Mezzotint and stipple. |
*Gaugain, Thomas.
(Pupil of Houston.) | b. Abbeville 1748; d. beginning 19th century. Stipple. Came very young to London. |
| Holloway, Thomas | b. London 1748; d. 1727. Line. Known chiefly from his series of Raphael's cartoons. |
Collyer, Joseph, A.E.
(Pupil of Anthony Walker.) | b. London 1748; d. 1827. Line and stipple. |
Sharp, William.
(Pupil of Barak Longmate, engraver on plate.) | b. London 1749; d. Chiswick 1824. Line. |
Sherwin, John Keyse.
(Pupil of Bartolozzi.) | b. Sussex 1749; d. London 1790. Line, stipple, and painter. |
Burke, Thomas.
(Pupil of Dixon.) | b. Dublin; d. London 1815. Stipple and mezzotint. |
Strutt, Joseph.
(Pupil of W. Wynne Ryland.) | b. Essex 1749; d. London 1802. Stipple. Author of "Dictionary of Engravers," "Sports and Pastimes of the English," &c. |
| Doughty, William | b. York; d. Lisbon 1782. Mezzotinter, also portrait painter. Engravings mostly dated 1779. Was a pupil of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Sailed for Bengal 1780, but, captured by French and Spanish squadrons, was taken instead to Lisbon. |
| Hudson, Henry | b. London; d. abroad; fl. 1782ndash;92. Mezzotint. |
Dean, John.
(Pupil of Valentine Green.) | b. c. 1750; d. London 1798. Mezzotint. Prints dated 1776ndash;89 at three addresses in Soho, at the last of which a fire destroyed nearly all his plates and stock. |
| Jones, John | d. 1797. Mezzotint and stipple. Father of George Jones (b. 1786), R.A., the painter. |
Parker, James.
(Pupil of Basire.) | b. 1750; d. London 1805. Line. Joined Willaim Blake in keeping a print shop in 1784. |
| Simon, Peter J. | b. c. 1750; d. c. 1810. Stipple. |
| *Facius, George Sigmund. | | Brothers. | b. Ratisbon c. 1750. Stipple. Came to London in 1766 at the request of Boydell. | | *Facius, John Gottlieb. | |
Morris, Thomas.
(Pupil of Woollett.) | b. c. 1750; fl. 1795. Line. Engraved Views of St. Paul's and the Monument. |
Middiman, Samuel.
(Pupil of Byrne.) | b. 1750; d. London 1831. Line. Landscape engraver. |
| Saunders, J. | fl. 1772ndash;74. Mezzotint. |
| *Marchi, Giuseppe Filippo Liberati. | b. Rome 1752; d. London 1808. Mezzotint. Brought to England 1769 by Sir J. Reynolds, who employed him as an assistant. |
| Smith, John Raphael. | b. Derby 1752; d. Doncaster 1812. Mezzotint and stipple. Painter in miniature and crayons and printseller. Father of Emma Smith the engraver. |
Bewick, Thomas.
(Pupil of Beilby, an engraver at Newcastle.) | b. Northumberland 1753; d. Gateshead 1828. Wood engraver; also copperplate. His brother John was likewise a wood engraver. |
Nutter, William.
(Pupil of J.R. Smith.) | b. 1754; d. London 1802. Stipple. |
Young, John.
(Pupil of J.R. Smith.) | b. 1755; d. London 1825. Mezzotint. Published catalogues with etchings of the Grosvenor (1820), Leigh Court (1822), Angerstein (1823), and Stafford (1826) Galleries. |
| Grozer, Joseph. | fl. 1786ndash;97. Mezzotint. |
Pollard, Robert.
(Pupil of a silversmith.) | b. Newcastle-on-Tyne 1755; d. 1838. Etching, aquatint, and painter; last surviving member of Incorporated Society of Artists; in 1836 gave over to Royal Academy the papers of the Society. |
| Legat, Francis. | b. Scotland 1755; d. London 1869. Line. Studied under Alex. Runciman, the Edinburgh painter. |
Gillray, James.
(Pupil of heraldic engraver.) | b. Lanarkshire 1720; d. London 1815. Etcher and line. Caricaturist. |
Heath, James, A.E.
(Pupil of Collyer.) | b. London 1757; d. London 1834. Line. Father of Charles Heath. |
Blake, William.
(Pupil of Basire.) 2nd of the name. | b. Broad Street, Golden Square, London, 1757; d. Fountain Court, Strand; buried Bunhill Fields, 1827. Line, stipple, and etching. Poet and painter. |
| Haward, Francis, A.E. | b. 1759; d. London c. 1797. Mezzotint and stipple. |
| Thew, Robert. | b. Yorkshire 1758; d. Herts 1802. Stipple. |
Smith, Anker, A.E.
(Pupil of James Taylor, who was brother and uncle respectively of the two Isaac Taylors, engravers of some note.) | b. London 1759; d. London 1819. Line. |
| Sheppeard, George. | b. c. 1760; fl. 1794. Mezzotint and stipple. |
Tomkins, P. W.
(Pupil of Bartolozzi.) | b. London 1760; d. 1840. Stipple. Designer. |
| Park, Thomas. | b. 1760; d. Hampstead 1835. Mezzotint. Author. |
Cheeseman, Thomas.
(Pupil of Bartolozzi.) | b. 1760; d. after 1820. Stipple. Draughtsman. |
Watson, Caroline.
(Daughter of James Watson.) | b. London 1760; d. Pimlico 1814. Stipple. |
Judkins, Elizabeth.
(Said to be pupil of James Watson.) | fl. 1772ndash;75. Mezzotint. Engraved "Mrs. Abingdon" and "Careful Shepherdess," amongst others, after Sir J. Reynolds. |
Keating, George.
(Pupil of William Dickinson.) | b. Ireland 1762; fl. London 1784ndash;97. Mezzotint. Stipple. |
| *Ramberg, John Henry. | b. Hanover 1763; d. c. 1840. Aquatint, etching, stipple. Painter. Came early in life to England, but is said to have died at Hanover. |
| *Schiavonetti, Luigi. | b. Bassano 1765; d. Brompton 1810. Line, stipple. Draughtsman. Came to England in 1790, and joined Bartolozzi. |
| Knight, Charles. | fl. latter part of 18th century. Stipple. |
Summerfield, John.
(Pupil of Bartolozzi.) | d. Buckinghamshire 1817. Line. |
Skelton, William.
(Pupil of Basire and Sharp.) | b. London 1763; d. Pimlico 1848. Line. |
| Nugent, Thomas. | b. Drogheda; fl. end of 18th century. Stipple. |
| Dupont, Gainsborough. | b. 1767; d. London 1797. Mezzotint. Painter. Nephew and pupil of Thomas Gainsborough. |
Bromley, William, A.E.
(Pupil of Wooding, a line engraver in London.) | b. Isle of Wight 1769; d. 1842. Line. Father of John Charles, and James Bromley, the mezzotint engravers. |
| Warren, Charles. | b. London 1767; d. Wandsworth 1823. Line. Perfected a process of engraving on steel plates tried by Raimbach. Awarded gold medal Society of Arts. |
Ward, William, A.E.
(Pupil of J.R. Smith.) | b. London 1766; d. London 1826. Mezzotint. Married sister of George Morland, father of William Ward, junior. |
| 19th Cent. |
Ward, James, R.A.
(Nine years pupil of his brother William, J.R. Smith.) | b. London 1769; d. 1855. Mezzotint. Animal painter. |
Landseer, John, A.E.
(Pupil of William Byrne.) | b. Lincoln 1769; d. 1852. Line. Father of the painters Charles and Sir Edwin, R.A.'s, and of the engraver Thomas. |
Say, William.
(Pupil of James Ward.) | b. near Norwich 1768; d. London 1834. Mezzotint. Engraved first successful mezzotint on steel. |
| Cooper, Robert. | fl. early part of 19th century. Stipple. |
| Hodges, Charles Howard. | b. England; d. Amsterdam 1837. Mezzotint and painter. Went to Holland c. 1794. |
*Cardon, Anthony.
(Pupil of Schiavonetti.) | b. Brussels 1773; d. London 1813. Stipple. Came to England in 1790. |
| Godby, James. | fl. beginning 19th century. Stipple. |
Smith, Benjamin.
(Pupil of Bartolozzi.) | d. London 1833. Stipple. |
| Clint, George, A.R.A. | b. London 1770; d. Kensington 1854. Mezzotint; also portrait and miniature painter. |
Reynolds, Samuel Wm.
(Pupil of Hodges.) | b. 1773; d. Bayswater 1835. Mezzotint, portrait, and water-colour painter. Father of Elizabeth, mezzotint engraver and miniature painter, and Samuel William, mezzotint engraver and portrait painter. |
| Turner, Charles, A.E. | b. Woodstock 1773; d. London 1857. Mezzotint and stipple. |
Scott, John.
(Pupil of Pollard.) | b. Newcastle-on-Tyne 1774; d. Chelsea 1828. Line, animal engraver. |
Scriven, Edward.
(Pupil of Thew.) | b. Alcester 1775; d. London 1841. Stipple. |
Raimbach, Abraham.
(Pupil of J. Hall.) | b. London 1776; d. Greenwich 1843. Line. |
| Noble, George. | fl. beginning of 19th century. Line. |
Engleheart, Francis.
(Pupil of Collyer.) | b. London 1775; d. 1849. Line. |
Nesbitt, Charlton.
(Pupil of Beilby and Bewick.) | b. near Durham 1775; d. Brompton 1838. Wood engraver. |
Branston, Robert.
(Pupil of his father, a copperplate engraver.) | b. Lynn 1778; d. Brompton 1827. Wood engraver. |
Clennell, Luke.
(Pupil of Bewick.) | b. near Morpeth 1781; d. Newcastle-on-Tyne 1840. Wood engraver, water-colour, and miniature painter. |
Cooke, William Bernard.
(Pupil of Angus, an engraver in line of some note.) | b. 1778; d. 1855. Line. Brother of George and uncle of E.W. Cooke, R.A. |
Cooke, George.
(Pupil of Basire.) | b. London 1781; d. Barnes 1834. Line. Brother of Wm. Bernard, and father of E.W. Cooke, R.A. |
| Lewis, Frederick Christian. | b. London 1779; d. Enfield 1856. Stipple or chalk; water-colour painter. Father of J.F. Lewis, R.A., and C.G. Lewis the engraver. |
Dawe, George, R.A.
(Son and pupil of Philip Dawe.) | b. London 1781; d. 1829. Mezzotint; painter. Brother of Henry. Painted in Russia for the Emperor 1819ndash;28. |
Dawe, Henry.
(Son and pupil of Philip Dawe.) | b. London 1790; d. Windsor 1845. Mezzotint and painter. |
Pye, John.
(Pupil of James Heath.) | b. Birmingham 1782; d. London 1874. Line and stipple. Landscape engraver. |
| Wedgwood, John Taylor. | b. 1783; d. London 1856. Line. |
Meyer, Henry.
(Pupil of Bartolozzi.) | b. London c. 1783; d. 1847. Mezzotint; and stipple. Nephew of J. Hoppner, R.A. |
| LeKeux,John | | Brothers. | b.London1787;d.1868. | Line, architectural, and landscape engravers. | | LeKeux,Henry | b.London1783;d.1846. | | (Pupils of Basire.) | |
| Armstrong, Cosmo. | fl. early part of 19th century. Line. |
| Radclyffe, William. | b. Birmingham 1782; d. Birmingham 1855. Line, landscape engraver; practised in Birmingham all his life. Father of Edward, landscape engraver. |
| Burnet, John, F.R.S. | b. Edinburgh 1784; d. Stoke Newington 1868. Line and mezzotint. Painter and author. |
Heath, Charles.
(Son of James Heath.) | b. 1785; d. 1848. Line; excelled in small plates. |
Golding, Richard.
(Pupil of J. Parker.) | b. London 1785; d. Lambeth 1865. Line. |
| Woolnoth, Thomas. | b. 1785; d. c. 1854. Stipple and line. Small theatrical portraits and architectural views. |
Thompson, John.
(Pupil of Branston.) | b. London 1785; d. London 1866. Wood engraver. Brother of Charles and Charles Thurston. |
| Romney, John. | b. 1786; d. Chester 1863. Line. |
Thompson, Charles.
(Pupil of Bewick and Branston.) | b. London 1791; d. near Paris 1843. Wood engraver; better known in Paris, where he went in 1816, and introduced the practice of cutting out the end of the wood, then unknown abroad. |
| Bond, William. | fl. beginning of 19th century. Stipple. |
Chapman, J.
(Pupil of Bartolozzi.) | fl. beginning of 19th century. Stipple. |
| Webb, J. | b. c. 1790; d. 1832. Line. Engraver of animals. |
| Finden,Wm. | | Brothers. | b.1792;d.1857. | Stipple and line. Landscape and book
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