Thomas Goff Lupton
(1791-1873), EngraverSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 130 portraits
Thomas Goff Lupton was a mezzotint engraver and miniature painter who was the first artist to use soft steel plates in the art of engraving. He experimented with plates of nickel, steel and other metals before producing a satisfactory steel plate. It was well received, and from 1823, steel engravings superseded copper engravings. This development permitted a printing of up to 1,500 mezzotints of excellent quality. The copper plates formerly used were very soft and could produce only around fifty prints of similar quality. Lupton's works include copies of landscape series by J.M.W. Turner as well as engraved portraits after oil paintings by eminent contemporary British painters.
by Thomas Goff Lupton, after James Pardon
mezzotint, early 19th century
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after James Pardon
mezzotint, early 19th century
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by William Cribb, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 May 1814 (1783)
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by William Cribb, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 May 1814 (1783)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Colnaghi & Co, after William Owen
mezzotint, published 6 April 1815
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Robert Cribb & Son, probably after Georges Paul Eckstein
mezzotint, published 1817
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by and published by Thomas Goff Lupton, and published by William Cribb, after James Lonsdale
mezzotint, published 4 June 1817
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by and published by Thomas Goff Lupton, and published by William Cribb, after James Lonsdale
mezzotint, published 4 June 1817
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Charles Kemble as Cromwell in Henry VIII
by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by William Cribb, after George Henry Harlow
mezzotint, published 1 February 1819
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by and after James Lonsdale
mezzotint, published 1 July 1819
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1819
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1 February 1819
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co, after Gilbert Stuart
mezzotint, published 1 February 1819
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1819
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after James Lonsdale
mezzotint, published 1819
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after James Lonsdale
mezzotint, published 1819
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after John Jackson
mezzotint, circa 1820-1830
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after John Jackson
mezzotint, circa 1820-1830
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after George Clint
mezzotint, published 1 May 1822
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Sir George Abercromby Abercromby, 4th Bt
by Thomas Goff Lupton, after Sir Henry Raeburn
mezzotint, mid 19th century
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