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 John Sewell, after Samuel Drummond
stipple, published 1st January 1802
NPG D49529
by William Ridley, published by John Sewell
stipple engraving, published 1 July 1802
NPG D2414
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Holloway
stipple engraving, published 1 July 1802
NPG D5102
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after John Hoppner
stipple engraving, published 30 September 1802
NPG D13980
by William Ridley, published by John Sewell
stipple engraving, published 1 November 1802
NPG D15092
by William Ridley, published by John Sewell, after Scott
stipple engraving, published 1 August 1802
NPG D15287
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Theophilus Clarke
stipple engraving, published 31 May 1802
NPG D15504
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
stipple engraving, published 31 July 1802
NPG D15615
by William Ridley, published by Joyce Gold, after James Northcote
stipple engraving, published 30 September 1803
NPG D1114
by William Ridley, published by James Asperne, after John Eckstein
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1803
NPG D5193
by William Ridley, published by James Asperne, after John Eckstein
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1803
NPG D8890
by William Ridley, published by James Asperne, after John Eckstein
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1803
NPG D8891
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after William Russell Birch
stipple engraving, published 28 January 1803
NPG D13795
by William Ridley, published by James Asperne
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1803
NPG D13946
by William Ridley, published by Joyce Gold, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 28 February 1803 (1786-1787)
NPG D14487
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after John Opie
stipple engraving, published 26 December 1803
NPG D14508
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple engraving, published 26 October 1803
NPG D15503
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 31 May 1804
NPG D9300
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
stipple engraving, published 31 May 1804
NPG D9310
by William Ridley
stipple engraving, published 1804
NPG D10572
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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]