William Ridley
(1764-1838), Stipple engraverArtist associated with 126 portraits
William Ridley worked as an illustrator for a variety of magazines. He engraved over 400 portraits after artists including Beechey, Gainsborough, Lawrence, Opie, Raeburn and Reynolds.
by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy, after James Northcote
stipple engraving, published 1 September 1796
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Elizabeth (née Farren), Countess of Derby
by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1796
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy, after Sarah Siddons (née Kemble)
stipple engraving, published 1 August 1796
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy, after William Naish
stipple engraving, published 1 July 1796
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy, after Philip Jean
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1797
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 1 March 1797
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 1 August 1797
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by William Ridley, published by Charles Cooke, after W.H. Brown, after John Closterman
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1798 (circa 1690)
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by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after E. Barratt
stipple engraving, published 31 December 1798
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by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after George Chinnery
stipple, published 30 November 1798
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Chapman
stipple engraving, published 1798
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Chapman
stipple engraving, published 1798
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Chapman
stipple engraving, published 1798
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by William Ridley
stipple engraving, published 1 April 1798
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by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
stipple engraving, published 1 April 1798
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by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 31 August 1798
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by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
stipple engraving, published 1 April 1798
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by William Ridley, published by John Sewell, after John Singleton Copley
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1798
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by William Ridley, published by Thomas Bellamy
stipple engraving, published 31 August 1798
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by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after E. Barratt
stipple engraving, published 31 December 1798
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Stuart M. Frank, Ph.D.
21 May 2018, 17:17
“FOX. Engraved by W. Ridley, from an Original Drawing by W.H. Brown, To face Cormick, Vol. 3, p. 43. Printed for C. Cooke, 17 Paternoster Row. Jany 16. 1796.” From C.M. Cormick, The History of England, from the Death of George the Second to the Peace of 1783 (London: C. Cooke, [1796]), Vol. 3.
“Right. Honble Charles James. Fox. Painted by Drummond. Engraved by Ridley & Hall. Published by J. Aspurne at the Bible, Crown & Constitution, Cornhill Novr 1 1806.” From European Magazine [1806]