Samuel Rawle
Samuel Rawle (1771–1860) was an English topographical engraver and draughtsman. • Illustration — Rye House, Hertfordshire, 1805. He practised in London. From 1798, he engraved many plates for the European Magazine and Gentleman's Magazine.
Samuel Rawle
Samuel Rawle · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1771 · London.
- Died
- 1860 · London.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- printmaker · painter · draftsperson
- Teachers
- Edward Francis Finden
- Languages
- English
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Samuel Rawle (1771–1860) was an English topographical engraver and draughtsman. • Illustration — Rye House, Hertfordshire, 1805. He practised in London. From 1798, he engraved many plates for the European Magazine and Gentleman's Magazine.
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Pencil sketch by George Henry Harlow, 1814, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw05495
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Pencil sketch by George Henry Harlow, 1814, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw05495
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Later he was employed on some of the major topographical publications of the time. These included: James Cavanah Murphy's Arabian Antiquities of Spain, 1816; Robert Surtees's History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 1816; Robert Wilkinson's Londina Illustrata, 1819; James Hakewill, Picturesque Tour of Italy, 1820; Thomas Frognall Dibdin's Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 1821; and Thomas Dunham Whitaker's Richmondshire, 1823. Rawle exhibited landscapes at the Royal Academy in 1801 and 1806. He died in November 1860 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.
Training under Edward Francis Finden is recorded. The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by Samuel Rawle is recorded in the collections of Australian National Maritime Museum, National Library of Wales, Yale Center for British Art and Print Collection.
The water pump in Cornhill designed by Nathaniel Wright. Engraving by S. Rawle, 1800., June 1st 1800, by Samuel Rawle
Samuel Rawle · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
John Coakley Lettsom's fountain and cottage at Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey. Engraving by S. Rawle, after himself, 1803., July 1, 1803, by Samuel Rawle
Samuel Rawle · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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1771
Samuel Rawle born at London.
1860
Samuel Rawle died at London.
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Samuel Rawle is recorded as printmaker, painter and draftsperson.
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Australian National Maritime Museum, National Library of Wales, Yale Center for British Art and Print Collection
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