John Young
John Young (1755–1825), mezzotint engraver and keeper of the British Institution, was born in 1755, and studied under John Raphael Smith. He became a very able engraver, working exclusively in mezzotint, and executed about eighty portraits of contemporary personages, from pictures by Hoppner, Lawrence, Zoffany, etc, as well as some subject pieces after Morland, Hoppner, Paye, and others. His finest plate is the prize fight between Broughton and Stevenson, after Mortimer.
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John Young
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- Born
- 1755.
- Died
- 1825. · London.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Occupation
- printmaker, artist, copper engraver, illustrator and publisher.
- Languages
- English.
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John Young (1755–1825), mezzotint engraver and keeper of the British Institution, was born in 1755, and studied under John Raphael Smith. He became a very able engraver, working exclusively in mezzotint, and executed about eighty portraits of contemporary personages, from pictures by Hoppner, Lawrence, Zoffany, etc, as well as some subject pieces after Morland, Hoppner, Paye, and others. His finest plate is the prize fight between Broughton and Stevenson, after Mortimer.
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Born in 1755, died in London in 1825.
The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is visual arts, graphics and copper engraving technique. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by John Young is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Yale Center for British Art, Print Collection and Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Portrair of William Fairlie (1754–1825), Scottish East India Company merchant.
Engraver John Young, after Martin Archer Shee
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- 1.Notice de John Young. National Portrait Gallery.
- 2.chapitre langue=en nom1=O'Donoghue prénom1=Freeman Marius titre chapitre=Sievier, Robert William (1794–1865) titre ouvrage=Dictionary of National Biography éditeur=Smith, Elder & Co. lieu=Londres année=1897 volume=52 isbn= wikisource=en:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Sievier, Robert William .
- 3.Eau-forte de John Young reproduite dans le Catalogue of the Pictures at Grosvenor House [1821], — cf. Notice œuvre, catalogue numérisé du British Museum.
- 4.Notice de John Young. British Museum.
- 5.Notice de John Young. rkd.nl.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- David Alexander, Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers, New Haven and London, 2021.
- O'Donoghue. Freeman Marius. Young, John (1755–1825). Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder & Co. Londres. 1900. 63. en:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Young, John (1755-1825). oui.
- Brian Stewart, Mervyn Cutten, The dictionary of portrait painters in Britain up to 1920, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 1996 , p. 499.
- Thieme-Becker, vol. 36 (1947), p. 361.
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