Michael Ford
Michael Ford (died October 1758?), was an Irish mezzotint engraver. A native of Dublin, Ford had been a pupil of engraver John Brooks. When Brooks left Ireland around 1747, Ford set up shop as his successor in a store on Cork Hill.
Michael Ford
White House Photographic Office (WHPO) - Copy · Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, Image: A5211_NLGRF.jpg from White House Photographs, June 25, 1975 of the White House Photographic Collection page · Public domain
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- 1758
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Michael Ford (died October 1758?), was an Irish mezzotint engraver. A native of Dublin, Ford had been a pupil of engraver John Brooks. When Brooks left Ireland around 1747, Ford set up shop as his successor in a store on Cork Hill.
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There, he engraved a number of portraits in mezzotint, which on account of their scarcity are highly valued by collectors. He also painted portraits, and engraved some himself. His subjects included senior judges like Thomas Marlay and Henry Singleton. Ford's address as publisher appears on some of the engravings by Andrew Miller and James MacArdell. It is probable that Ford visited London, but this is not certain. On 27 October 1758 the ship Dublin Trader, Captain White, left Parkgate, Cheshire, for Dublin, and foundered in the Irish Sea; she carried 70,000 Irish pounds in money and £80,000 in goods, along with around sixty passengers, among whom were Edward, fifth Earl of Drogheda, the actor Theophilus Cibber, and others. There are grounds for supposing that Ford was also among the passengers.
Michael Ford was an engraver.
The photo contact sheet, identified as A5215 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This file is a 200 dpi photo contact sheet having images from roll of film A5215 of the August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977 Gerald R. Ford White House Photographic Office Series A0001-A
White House Photographic Office (WHPO) - Copy · Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, Image: A5215_NLGRF.jpg from White House Photographs, June 25, 1975 of the White House Photographic Collection page
The photo contact sheet, identified as B0999 by the White House Photographic Office (WHPO), is housed at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, a branch of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This file is a 200 dpi photo contact sheet having images from roll of film B0999 of the August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977 Gerald R. Ford White House Photographic Office Series A0001-A
David Hume Kennerly · Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, Image: B0999_NLGRF.jpg from White House Photographs, August 8, 1976 of the White House Photographic Collection page
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