William Nutter
William Nutter (c. 1759–1802) was an English engraver and draughtsman.
Also recorded as William Henry Nutter
William Nutter

William Nutter / After William Hogarth · William Hogarth - The Complete Works * Scan: 200 dpi * Eingescannt von: Henryart in dessen Eigentum sich das Werk befindet. · Public domain
- Died
- 1802 · Somerton.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- printmaker
- Languages
- English
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William Nutter (c. 1759–1802) was an English engraver and draughtsman.
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Life
Life
Born about 1759, Nutter became a pupil of John Raphael Smith. He worked exclusively as a stipple engraver, in the style of Francesco Bartolozzi. Nutter exhibited some allegorical designs at the Royal Academy in 1782 and 1783. He died at his residence in Somers Town, 14 March 1802, in his 44th year, and was buried in the graveyard of Whitefield's Tabernacle, Tottenham Court Road.
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Works
• Illustration — Thomas Coram, 1796 engraving by William Nutter after William Hogarth Nutter's works are dated from 1780 to 1800. He executed plates after leading English artists of his time, a large proportion of them being from miniatures by Samuel Shelley. His works include: • The Ale House Door and Coming from Market, after Henry Singleton; • Celia overheard by Young Delvile, after Thomas Stothard; • Saturday Evening, and Sunday Morning, after William Redmore Bigg; • The Moralist, after John Raphael Smith; • Burial of General Fraser, after John Graham; • portraits of Princess Mary, after Johann Heinrich Ramberg; • Captain Thomas Coram, after William Hogarth; • Lady Beauchamp, after Joshua Reynolds; • Mrs. Hartley, after Reynolds; • Martha Gunn, after John Russell; and • Lady E. Foster, Samuel Berdmore, and Nathaniel Chauncy after Samuel Shelley.

Portrait of Margaret Bryan with her daughters
William Nutter / After Samuel Shelley

A young mother looks over her baby as it lies sleeping in its crib. Stipple engraving, 1789, by W. Nutter after S. Shelley. Iconographic Collections
https: Gallery: https: Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-23)
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1754
William Nutter born.
1802
William Nutter died at Somerton.
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Auckland Art Gallery, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Yale Center for British Art
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