James Basire
(1730-1802), EngraverSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 85 portraits
Basire was apprenticed to engraver Richard William Seale and afterwards travelled to Italy with the artist and engraver Roger Dalton. By the 1760s he had established a successful engraving practice. In 1755 Basire was appointed engraver to the Society of Antiquaries and after that time documentary or pictorial antiquarian engraving formed the majority of his work. Basire is best remembered for his 1770 engraving of the historical painting The Field of the Cloth of Gold (c.1550-80) that depicts the festivities following the meeting of Henry VIII with the French King Francis I in 1520. This was the largest engraving ever made and took Basire over two years to complete.
by James Basire, after Isaac Fuller
line engraving, published 1781
NPG D27800
by James Basire
line engraving with hand-coloured crest, published 1782
NPG D37852
by James Basire
line engraving, 1783
NPG D1085
by James Basire
line engraving, published 1784
NPG D28132
by James Basire
line engraving, published 1784
NPG D28133
Rahere (Rayer) ('The Monument of Raherus')
by James Basire, published by Society of Antiquaries: London: UK, after John Carter
etching, published 23 April 1784
NPG D39179
Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel and 8th Earl of Surrey; Eleanor, Countess of Arundel
by James Basire
line and stipple engraving, published 1785
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Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster
by James Basire
line engraving, published 1785
NPG D23924
Sir Edward Warren of Poynton, 1st Bt
by James Basire
line engraving, published 1785
NPG D28014
by James Basire, after Arthur William Devis
line engraving, 1785
NPG D5489
by James Basire, after Arthur William Devis
line engraving, 1785
NPG D5490
by James Basire, after Daniel Stringer
line engraving, published 1785
NPG D8924
by James Basire
line engraving, published 1786
NPG D28449
by James Basire
line engraving, published 1786
NPG D16180
by James Basire, after W.P.J. Lodder (Loder), after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, 1789
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by James Basire, after W.P.J. Lodder (Loder), after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
line engraving, 1789
NPG D21095
by James Basire, after Moses Griffith
line engraving, published 1790
NPG D25364
by James Basire, after Moses Griffith
line engraving, published 1790
NPG D37237
by James Basire, after Moses Griffith
line engraving, published 1790
NPG D21016
Sir William Herrick (Heyricke); Joan Herrick (née May), Lady Herrick
by James Basire
line engraving, published 1795
NPG D27204
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