James Stow
(circa 1770-in or after 1823), EngraverArtist associated with 29 portraits
The son of a poor labourer, James Stow showed such an early aptitude for art that he was apprenticed as a teenager to the famous line engraver, William Woollett. After Woollett's death in 1785, he completed his apprenticeship with William Sharp. By 1790, James Stow was creating his own engravings and was so highly regarded that he began receiving some of the most important commissions of the day. These included works for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery and for Robert Bowyer's Historic Gallery, which depicted images based upon important episodes in British history. Stow is said to have fallen into dissipated habits, and he died in poverty.
by James Stow, after Cornelius De Neve
line engraving, published 1822
NPG D26768
by James Stow, published by George Perfect Harding, after Michael Dahl
line engraving, published 1822
NPG D31424
by James Stow, published by and after George Perfect Harding, after Sampson Towgood Roche
line engraving, published 2 April 1822
NPG D19760
by James Stow, after George Perfect Harding
line engraving, published 1823
NPG D10741
by James Stow, after George Perfect Harding, after Philip Francis Stephanoff
coloured line engraving, published 1823
NPG D10917
by James Stow, after George Perfect Harding, after Robert Muller
line engraving, published 1 May 1824
NPG D40457
by James Stow, after George Perfect Harding, after Robert Muller
line engraving, published 1 May 1824
NPG D40458
by James Stow, after George Perfect Harding, after Robert Muller
line engraving, published 1 May 1824
NPG D40459
by James Stow, published by Robert Bowyer, after Arthur Pond
line engraving, published 12 May 1794
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