Samuel Okey
(active 1721-1756), PrintsellerArtist associated with 2 portraits
by Jean Baptiste Pillement, printed and published by Samuel Okey
etching, circa 1750s
NPG D16236
by Richard Houston, published by Samuel Okey, after Jean Etienne Liotard
mezzotint, 1754
NPG D33051
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Chris West
19 April 2016, 20:31
Samuel Okey was a nephew of the great printsellers Thomas Bowles and John Bowles. He is mentioned in Thomas Bowles' will. His son Samuel was a mezzotint artist.