John Young (1755-1825), Mezzotint engraver
Sitter in 2 portraits
Artist associated with 47 portraits
Studied under Valentine Green, then worked with several of the painters who collaborated with Green, notably Benjamin West, John Hoppner, and Johann Gerhard Huck. He began to publish his own prints in 1785, which he traded with Pierre-François Basan in France. Young executed some eighty portraits after various contemporaries, including several notable portraits of boxers, but was best known for his engravings after West, Johann Zoffany, and especially Richard Morton Paye and Hoppner. In 1789, he was appointed mezzotint engraver to the Prince of Wales. In 1813, Young was appointed as keeper of the British Institution, a role that he held until his death.
by John Young, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, late 18th century
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by John Young, after Charles Grignion
mezzotint, (1784-1786)
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Katharine Mary Brand (née Montagu-Douglas-Scott), Viscountess Hampden
by John Young
mezzotint, 1786
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by John Young, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1788
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by John Young, published by John Harris, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1 May 1788
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by and published by John Young, after Matthew William Peters
mezzotint, published 15 May 1788
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by John Young, after W. Whitby
mezzotint, published 1788
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by John Young, after Carl Frederik von Breda
mezzotint, published 1789
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by John Young, after Edward Penny
mezzotint, 1792 (circa 1770)
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by John Young, after Karl Anton Hickel
mezzotint, published 1797
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by John Young, possibly after William Douglas
mezzotint, early 19th century
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by and published by John Young, after John Hoppner
coloured mezzotint, published 1 December 1800
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by John Young, after Leonardo Guzzardi
mezzotint, published 1800
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Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by and published by John Young, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 14 February 1801 (1790s)
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Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by and published by John Young, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 14 February 1801 (1790s)
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by John Young, after Thomas Barber
mezzotint, early 19th century
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Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol
by John Young, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1802
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by John Young, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1803
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by John Young, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1803
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by and published by John Young, after Henry Ashby
mezzotint, published October 1803
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