See also:JOHN See also:BOYDELL (1719-1804)
, See also:English See also:alderman and publisher, was See also:born at Dorrington, and at the See also:age of twenty-one came to See also:London and was apprenticed for seven years to an engraver
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In 1746 he published a See also:volume of views in See also:England and See also:Wales, and started in business as a See also:print-seller
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By his See also:good See also:taste and liberality he managed to secure the services of the best artists, and his engravings were executed with such skill that his business became extensive and lucrative
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He succeeded in his See also:plan of a See also:Shakespeare See also:gallery, and obtained the assistance of the most eminent painters of the See also:day, whose contributions were exhibited publicly for many years
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The engravings from these paintings See also:form a splendid See also:companion volume to his large illustrated edition of Shakespeare's See also:works
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Towards the See also:close of his See also:life See also:Boydell sustained severe losses through the See also:French Revolution, and was compelled to dispose of his Shakespeare gallery by lottery
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Boydell had previously become an alderman, and See also:rose to be See also:lord See also:mayor of London
.
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