Francis Barlow
(active 1648-died 1704), Painter and etcherArtist associated with 62 portraits
Lincolnshire-born Barlow was apprenticed to the portrait painter William Shepherd. From around 1653, he worked in London as a painter of animals, birds, and country life. In the 1650s and early 1660s, and between 1685 and 1694, Barlow designed sets of natural history plates, which were etched by Wenceslaus Hollar, Richard Gaywood, Jan Griffier, and Francis Place. These prints continued to be published well into the following century and were an important source for artists and craftsmen of succeeding generations.
'The Execution of the 5 Jesuitts'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23013(i)
'The Tryall of Sr. G. Wakeman & 3 Benedictine Monks'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23013(j)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23013(k)
'London remember the 2d. of September 1666'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23013(l)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(a)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(b)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(c)
'Sr. EB. Godfree is perswaded to goe down Somerset house yard'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(d)
'Sr. E.B. Godfree Strangled, Girald going to stab him'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(e)
'Sr. E.B. Godfree Carrying up into a Roome'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(f)
'The body of Sr. E.B.Godfree is shew'd to Capt Bedlow & Mr Prance'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(g)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(h)
'The body of Sr. E.B.G. carry'd to Prim rose hill on a Horse'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(i)
'The Murtherers of S.E.B Godfree are diverting themselves at Bow after the murther'
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(j)
'The Execution of the murtherers of Sr. E.B. Godfree' (Robert Green; Henry Berry; Lawrence Hill)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(k)
'The Funerall of Sr. E.B. Godfree' (Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(l)
'The Consult att Somerset house' (William Bedloe; Le Fevre (Phaire); Walsh)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1679
NPG D23014(m)
'The Earle of Essex's Throat Cut' (Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex; John Holland; Major Webster)
after Francis Barlow
line engraving, 1683 or after
NPG D23013(m)
published by John Smith, after Francis Barlow
mezzotint, circa 1683-1729
NPG D11800
possibly published by John Smith, after Francis Barlow
mezzotint, circa 1683
NPG D11846
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