See also:JOHN KEYSE See also:SHERWIN (1751-1790)
, See also:English engraver and See also:history-painter, was See also:born in 1751 at See also:East See also:Dean in See also:Sussex
.
His See also:father was a See also:wood-cutter employed in shaping bolts for See also:ship-builders, and the son followed the same occupation till his seventeenth See also:year, when, having shown an aptitude for See also:art by copying some miniatures with exceptional accuracy, he was befriended by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Mitford, upon whose See also:estate the See also:elder See also:Sherwin worked, and was sent to study in See also:London, first under See also:John See also:Astley, and then for three years under See also:Bartolozzi—for whom he is believed to have executed a large portion of the See also:plate of Clytie, after Annibal See also:Caracci, published as the See also:work of his See also:master
.
He was entered as a student of the Royal See also:Academy, and gained a See also:silver See also:medal, and in 1772 a See also:gold medal for his See also:painting of " See also:Coriolanus taking Leave of his See also:Family." From 1774 till 178o he was an exhibitor of See also:chalk drawings and of engravings in the Royal Academy
.
Establishing himself in St See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James's See also:Street as a painter, designer and engraver, he speedily attained popularity and began to mix in fashionable society
.
His See also:drawing of the " Finding of See also:Moses," a work of but slight See also:artistic merit, which introduced portraits of the princess royal of See also:England and other leading ladies of the See also:aristocracy, See also:hit the public See also:taste, and, as reproduced by his burin, sold largely
.
In 1785 he succeeded See also:Woollett as engraver to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, and he also held the See also:appointment of engraver to the See also:prince of See also:Wales
.
His professional income See also:rose to about I2,000 a year; but he was constantly in pecuniary difficulties, for he was shiftless, indolent, and without method, open-handed and even prodigal in his benefactions—and prodigal, too, in less reputable directions, for he became a reckless gambler, and habits of intemperance See also:grew upon him
.
He died in extreme penury on the 24th of See also:September 179o—according to See also:Steevens, the editor of See also:Shakespeare, at " The Hog in the See also:Pound," an obscure alehouse in See also:Swallow Street, or, as stated by his See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil J
.
T
.
See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, in the See also:house of See also:Robert See also:Wilkinson, a printseller in Cornhill
.
I t is as an engraver that Sherwin is most esteemed; and it may be noted that he was ambidexterous, working indifferently with either See also:hand upon his plates
.
His drawing is correct, his See also:line excellent and his textures are varied and intelligent in expression
.
Such of his plates as the " See also:Holy Family " after See also:Nicholas Poussin, " See also:Christ Bearing the See also:Cross " after See also:Murillo, the portrait of the See also:marquis of See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham after See also:Gainsborough and that of See also:Pitt occupy a high See also:place among the productions of the English school of line-engravers
.
He also worked after See also:Pine, See also:Dance and Kauffman
.
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