Thomas Goff Lupton
(1791-1873), EngraverSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 131 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 It was well received, and from 1823, steel engravings superseded copper engravings.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, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, and published by James Anthony Molteno, and published by Martin Colnaghi, after James Ramsay
mezzotint, published 22 May 1828
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, and published by James Anthony Molteno, and published by Martin Colnaghi, after James Ramsay
mezzotint, published 22 May 1828
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Smith & Son, after Samuel Mountjoy Smith
mezzotint, published 1 September 1828 (1828)
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Henry Lascelles, 2nd Earl of Harewood
by Thomas Goff Lupton, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1828
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Smith & Son, published by T. Jackson, after John Renton
mezzotint, published 6 April 1829
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after Gildon Manton
mezzotint, published 1829
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Leggatt & Co, after George Chinnery
mezzotint, 1830s
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 5 January 1830 (1826)
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after George Patten
mezzotint, mid 19th century
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Lucas Houghton, published by J. Hick, after William Robinson
mezzotint, published 1 March 1830
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Lucas Houghton, published by J. Hick, after William Robinson
mezzotint, published 1 March 1830
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after John Linnell
mezzotint, mid 19th century
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, mid-19th century
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after Sir John Watson-Gordon
mezzotint, mid 19th century
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possibly by Thomas Goff Lupton
mezzotint, mid 19th century
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after William Robinson
mezzotint, published 1830
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after George Patten
mezzotint, mid 19th century
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 5 January 1830 (1826)
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, after James Lonsdale
mezzotint, (1831)
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by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by Moon, Boys & Graves, after Luke Macartan
mezzotint, published 25 June 1831
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