William Woollett, the Glossary
William Woollett (15 August 173523 May 1785) was an English engraver operating in the 18th century.[1]
Table of Contents
18 relations: Benjamin Thomas Pouncy, Benjamin West, Engraving, Fleet Street, George III, Government Art Collection, John Tinney, Louis Alexander Fagan, Maidstone, Richard Wilson (painter), Society of Artists of Great Britain, St Martin's Lane Academy, St Pancras Old Church, The Death of General Wolfe, The Destruction of the Children of Niobe, Thomas Banks (sculptor), Thomas Hearne (artist), Westminster Abbey.
- Burials at St Pancras Old Church
Benjamin Thomas Pouncy
Benjamin Thomas Pouncy (died 1799) was an English draughtsman and engraver. William Woollett and Benjamin Thomas Pouncy are English engravers.
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Benjamin West
Benjamin West (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was a British-American artist who painted famous historical scenes such as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky.
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Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin.
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in Central London, England.
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George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820.
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Government Art Collection
The Government Art Collection (GAC) is the collection of artworks owned by the UK government and administered by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
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John Tinney
John Tinney (died 1761) was an English engraver and printseller. William Woollett and John Tinney are English engravers.
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Louis Alexander Fagan
Louis Alexander Fagan (7 February 1845 – 5 January 1903) was an Anglo-Italian writer and artist.
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Maidstone
Maidstone is the largest town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town.
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Richard Wilson (painter)
Richard Wilson (1 August 1714 – 15 May 1782) was an influential Welsh landscape painter, who worked in Britain and Italy.
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Society of Artists of Great Britain
The Society of Artists of Great Britain was founded in London in May 1761 by an association of artists in order to provide a venue for the public exhibition of recent work by living artists, such as was having success in the long-established Paris salons.
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St Martin's Lane Academy
The St Martin's Lane Academy, a precursor of the Royal Academy, was organised in 1735 by William Hogarth, from the circle of artists and designers who gathered at Slaughter's Coffee House at the upper end of St Martin's Lane, London.
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St Pancras Old Church
St Pancras Old Church is a Church of England parish church on Pancras Road, Somers Town, in the London Borough of Camden.
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The Death of General Wolfe
The Death of General Wolfe is a 1770 painting by Anglo-American artist Benjamin West, commemorating the 1759 Battle of Quebec, where General James Wolfe died at the moment of victory.
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The Destruction of the Children of Niobe
The Destruction of the Children of Niobe is a painting by Richard Wilson, created in 1760.
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Thomas Banks (sculptor)
Thomas Banks (29 December 1735 – 2 February 1805) was an 18th-century English sculptor. William Woollett and Thomas Banks (sculptor) are 1735 births.
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Thomas Hearne (artist)
Thomas Hearne (22 September 1744 – 13 April 1817) was an English landscape painter, engraver and illustrator. William Woollett and Thomas Hearne (artist) are English engravers.
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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.
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See also
Burials at St Pancras Old Church
- Arthur Richard Dillon
- Carl Friedrich Abel
- Francis Towneley
- Johann Christian Bach
- John Flaxman
- John Soane
- John William Polidori
- Jonathan Wild
- Joseph Wall (colonial administrator)
- Mary Jane Godwin
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Samuel Webbe
- William Franklin
- William Godwin
- William Woollett
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Woollett
Also known as Woollett, William.