James Basire
(1730-1802), EngraverSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 85 portraits
Basire was apprenticed to engraver Richard William Seale and afterwards travelled to Italy with the artist and engraver Roger Dalton. By the 1760s he had established a successful engraving practice. In 1755 Basire was appointed engraver to the Society of Antiquaries and after that time documentary or pictorial antiquarian engraving formed the majority of his work. Basire is best remembered for his 1770 engraving of the historical painting The Field of the Cloth of Gold (c.1550-80) that depicts the festivities following the meeting of Henry VIII with the French King Francis I in 1520. This was the largest engraving ever made and took Basire over two years to complete.
by James Basire
line engraving, late 18th century
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by James Basire
line engraving, late 18th century
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by James Basire, after Moses Griffith
line engraving, late 18th century
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by James Basire, published by John Nichols
line engraving, late 18th century
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by James Basire, after Jacob Schnebbelie
line engraving, late 18th century
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by James Basire, by and after Benjamin Wilson
etching and line engraving, published 4 December 1770
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by James Basire, after Nathaniel Hone, after Isaac Gosset
line engraving, 1771 (1756)
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by James Basire, after Nathaniel Hone, after Isaac Gosset
line engraving, 1772 (1756)
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Anne Hussey (née Delaval), Lady Stanhope as Calista in Rowe's 'Fair Penitent'
by James Basire, after Benjamin Wilson
line engraving, published 1 May 1772
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by James Basire
line engraving, published 1774
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Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Baron Balmerino
by James Basire
etching, circa 1775-1800
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by James Basire, after William Mason, and after Benjamin Wilson
line engraving, published 1 March 1775 (circa 1771)
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by James Basire, after Allan Ramsay
line engraving, 1776
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by James Basire
etching, 1776 (1660)
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by James Basire, after William Hodges
line engraving, 1777
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by James Basire, published by William Strahan, and published by Thomas Cadell the Elder, after William Hodges
line engraving, published 1 February 1777
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by James Basire, after Clifford
line engraving, circa 1778
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by James Basire, after Samuel Howitt
line engraving, 1779
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by James Basire, after Samuel Howitt
line engraving, 1779
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by James Basire, after Arthur Devis
line engraving, 1780
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