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Joseph Thornthwaite

(about 1754-1798), Engraver

Artist associated with 34 portraits
J. Thornthwaite was a London painter and line engraver working in the eighteenth century. He worked mainly for publishers, notably for Bell's Shakespeare and British Theatre. He also produced some portraits.

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Mrs Rock as Viletta in 'She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  Samuel De Wilde - NPG L269.B6.18

Mrs Rock as Viletta in 'She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 2nd October 1791
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.18

Charlotte Jane Chapman as Augusta Aubrey in Cumberland's 'The Fashionable Lover', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  Samuel De Wilde - NPG L269.B8.32

Charlotte Jane Chapman as Augusta Aubrey in Cumberland's 'The Fashionable Lover'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after Samuel De Wilde
etching, published 19th January 1793
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.32

Anna Maria Crouch as Polly in The Beggar's Opera, by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  Samuel De Wilde - NPG L269.B6.20

Anna Maria Crouch as Polly in The Beggar's Opera

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after Samuel De Wilde
etching and engraving, published 2nd February 1795
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.20

David Williams, by Joseph Thornthwaite, after  Stephen Francis Rigaud - NPG D8293

David Williams

by Joseph Thornthwaite, after Stephen Francis Rigaud
line engraving, late 18th century
NPG D8293

Mary Yates; Master Pullen (as Isabella and child in David Garrick's 'Isabella'), by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8464

Mary Yates; Master Pullen (as Isabella and child in David Garrick's 'Isabella')

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1776
NPG D8464

Mary Ann Yates as Calista in Rowe's 'The Fair Penitent', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8941

Mary Ann Yates as Calista in Rowe's 'The Fair Penitent'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 16 July 1776
NPG D8941

Mary Ann Yates as Calista in Rowe's 'The Fair Penitent', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8942

Mary Ann Yates as Calista in Rowe's 'The Fair Penitent'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 16 July 1776
NPG D8942

Mary Ann Yates as Calista in Rowe's 'The Fair Penitent', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8943

Mary Ann Yates as Calista in Rowe's 'The Fair Penitent'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
hand-coloured line engraving, published 16 July 1776
NPG D8943

Mary Yates; Master Pullen (as Isabella and child in David Garrick's 'Isabella'), by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8951

Mary Yates; Master Pullen (as Isabella and child in David Garrick's 'Isabella')

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 26 September 1776
NPG D8951

Ann Catley as Euphrosyne in Milton's 'Comus', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D2032

Ann Catley as Euphrosyne in Milton's 'Comus'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1777
NPG D2032

Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8676

Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1 March 1777
NPG D8676

Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8678

Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
coloured line engraving, published 1 March 1777
NPG D8678

Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8679

Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
coloured line engraving, published 1 March 1777
NPG D8679

Mary Ann Yates in the character of Electra, by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8818

Mary Ann Yates in the character of Electra

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 6 October 1777
NPG D8818

Mary Ann Yates as Electra in Thomas Francklin's 'Orestes' (after Voltaire), by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8944

Mary Ann Yates as Electra in Thomas Francklin's 'Orestes' (after Voltaire)

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 6 October 1777
NPG D8944

Mary Ann Yates as Electra in Thomas Francklin's 'Orestes' (after Voltaire), by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8945

Mary Ann Yates as Electra in Thomas Francklin's 'Orestes' (after Voltaire)

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 6 October 1777
NPG D8945

Mary Ann Yates as Electra in Thomas Francklin's 'Orestes' (after Voltaire), by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8946

Mary Ann Yates as Electra in Thomas Francklin's 'Orestes' (after Voltaire)

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
coloured line engraving, published 6 October 1777
NPG D8946

Mary Ann Yates as Virginia in Crisp's 'Virginia', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D4954

Mary Ann Yates as Virginia in Crisp's 'Virginia'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
coloured line engraving, published 1778
NPG D4954

Mary Ann Yates as Virginia in Crisp's 'Virginia', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8930

Mary Ann Yates as Virginia in Crisp's 'Virginia'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published January 1778
NPG D8930

Mary Ann Yates as Virginia in Crisp's 'Virginia', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  James Roberts - NPG D8931

Mary Ann Yates as Virginia in Crisp's 'Virginia'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after James Roberts
line engraving, published January 1778
NPG D8931

Mary Ann Yates as Volumnia in 'Coriolanus', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  Edward Francisco Burney - NPG D8938

Mary Ann Yates as Volumnia in 'Coriolanus'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after Edward Francisco Burney
coloured line engraving, published 22 August 1786
NPG D8938

Mary Ann Yates as Volumnia in 'Coriolanus', by Joseph Thornthwaite, after  Edward Francisco Burney - NPG D8939

Mary Ann Yates as Volumnia in 'Coriolanus'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, after Edward Francisco Burney
coloured line engraving, published 1786
NPG D8939

King Henry VI, by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  Thomas Cadell the Elder - NPG D23761

King Henry VI

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by Thomas Cadell the Elder
line engraving, published 1 March 1788
NPG D23761

Frances Abington (née Barton), by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  Isaac Taylor - NPG D969

Frances Abington (née Barton)

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after Isaac Taylor
line engraving, published 21 April 1792
NPG D969

Sir Anthony van Dyck, by Joseph Thornthwaite, after  Sir Anthony van Dyck - NPG D28267

Sir Anthony van Dyck

by Joseph Thornthwaite, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
line engraving, published 1794
NPG D28267

John Philip Kemble as Richard III, by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Bell, after  Gilbert Stuart - NPG D3465

John Philip Kemble as Richard III

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Bell, after Gilbert Stuart
line engraving, published 10 May 1798
NPG D3465

Mary Ann Yates as Volumnia in 'Coriolanus', by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  John Cawthorn, after  Edward Francisco Burney - NPG D8940

Mary Ann Yates as Volumnia in 'Coriolanus'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by John Cawthorn, after Edward Francisco Burney
line engraving, published 1 November 1807
NPG D8940

William Hunter, by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by  Robert Wilkinson - NPG D10584

William Hunter

by Joseph Thornthwaite, published by Robert Wilkinson
stipple engraving, published 4 July 1812 (1780)
NPG D10584

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Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Irene in Brown's 'Barbarossa'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1777
NPG D8677

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Elizabeth Sharp (née Hopkins) when Miss Hopkins; as Arethusa in Beaumont and Fletcher's 'Philaster'

by Joseph Thornthwaite, after James Roberts
line engraving, published 1778
NPG D8674

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Charles Matthews

15 June 2016, 04:47

According to the Oxford Dictionary National Biography, article on John Hall (1739–1797) the engraver, Hall's studio handled the plates for Bell's theatrical prints. Joseph Thornthwaite, apprenticed to Hall in 1769, worked on them, with Burnet Reading.