William Ridley
(1764-1838), Stipple engraverArtist associated with 126 portraits
William Ridley worked as an illustrator for a variety of magazines. He engraved over 400 portraits after artists including Beechey, Gainsborough, Lawrence, Opie, Raeburn and Reynolds.
by William Ridley, published by Joyce Gold
stipple engraving, published 29 February 1804
NPG D5289
by William Ridley, published by Joyce Gold
stipple engraving, published 29 February 1804
NPG D5290
by William Ridley, published by Joyce Gold, after Valentine Green
stipple engraving, published 29 September 1804
NPG D5465
by William Ridley, published by Joyce Gold, after Eliza Anne Paye
stipple engraving, published 31 August 1804
NPG D14391
by William Ridley, published by James Asperne, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 1 April 1804
NPG D14794
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after John Thomas Barber Beaumont (John Thomas Barber)
stipple engraving, published 31 December 1804
NPG D15024
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after John Opie
stipple engraving, published 1 February 1804
NPG D15371
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
stipple engraving, published 30 November 1804
NPG D15513
by William Ridley
stipple engraving, published 1805
NPG D23532
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
stipple engraving, published 31 August 1805
NPG D8752
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
stipple engraving, published 31 August 1805
NPG D8753
by William Ridley, after John Opie
stipple engraving, published 1805
NPG D11200
by William Ridley, published by Joyce Gold, after Thomas Maynard
stipple engraving, published 1 June 1805
NPG D15183
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 31 January 1805
NPG D15558
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Lemuel Francis Abbott
stipple engraving, published 30 November 1805
NPG D15818
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood, after Henry Thomson
stipple engraving, published 30 March 1805
NPG D16067
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
by William Ridley, published by Vernor & Hood
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1805
NPG D16129
by William Ridley, published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1809
NPG D15152
by William Ridley, published by Nathan Cooper Branwhite, after Williams & Smith
stipple engraving, published 1810
NPG D42638
by William Ridley, published by James Asperne, after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 31 July 1810
NPG D5430
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Stuart M. Frank, Ph.D.
21 May 2018, 17:17
“FOX. Engraved by W. Ridley, from an Original Drawing by W.H. Brown, To face Cormick, Vol. 3, p. 43. Printed for C. Cooke, 17 Paternoster Row. Jany 16. 1796.” From C.M. Cormick, The History of England, from the Death of George the Second to the Peace of 1783 (London: C. Cooke, [1796]), Vol. 3.
“Right. Honble Charles James. Fox. Painted by Drummond. Engraved by Ridley & Hall. Published by J. Aspurne at the Bible, Crown & Constitution, Cornhill Novr 1 1806.” From European Magazine [1806]