Thomas Woolnoth
Thomas Alfred Woolnoth (1785–1857) was an English engraver. He was known for his portraits of theatre people. He also painted, and engraved works of Correggio and Van Dyck.
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Thomas Woolnoth
Thomas Woolnoth · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1785. · London.
- Died
- 1857. · Audlem.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Occupation
- painter, engraver and printmaker.
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Thomas Alfred Woolnoth (1785–1857) was an English engraver. He was known for his portraits of theatre people. He also painted, and engraved works of Correggio and Van Dyck.
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Woolnoth was engraver to Queen Victoria. His work was also included in Cadell and Davies Britannia depicta.
William Walker is recorded as having studied under Thomas Woolnoth. Places of work recorded in the authority are London and Edinburgh. Work by Thomas Woolnoth is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Victoria, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery, Yale Center for British Art and National Library of Wales.
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1785
Thomas Woolnoth was born in 1785 at London.
1854
Facts & faces: being an enquiry into the connection between linear & mental portraiture; with a dissertation on personal & relative beauty... / Thomas Woolnoth., dated 1854, held by Wellcome Collection.
1857
Thomas Woolnoth died in 1857 at Audlem.
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National Gallery of Victoria, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Portrait Gallery and Yale Center for British Art
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