George Zobel
(1810-1881), PrintmakerArtist associated with 57 portraits
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by George Zobel, published by Brooker & Son, after Francis Cruikshank
mezzotint, published 1 May 1861 (circa 1855)
NPG D39515
Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford
by George Zobel, after Stephen Catterson Smith
mezzotint, 1863
NPG D31623
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
by George Zobel, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, Scott & Co, after Sir John Watson-Gordon
mezzotint, published 28 October 1864
NPG D38727
by George Zobel, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Henry Weigall
mezzotint, published 1 March 1865
NPG D33836
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by Francis Holl, by George Zobel, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Francis Grant
mezzotint, published 11 September 1865
NPG D39516
James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe
by George Zobel, printed by Holdgate Brothers, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Francis Grant
mezzotint, published 7 January 1870
NPG D39909
by George Zobel, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Heinrich von Angeli
mezzotint, published 6 March 1879
NPG D33845
by Thomas Lewis Atkinson, by James Scott, by James John Chant, by Robert Graves, by Francis Holl, by Charles Henry Mottram, by Robert Bowyer Parkes, by George Sanders, by William Henry Simmons, by Edward A. Smith, by James Stephenson, by George Zobel, printed by Holdgate Brothers, after William Menzies Tweedie
mezzotint, before 1880
NPG D34971
by George Zobel, after E.R. White
mezzotint
NPG D1916
by George Zobel, after E.R. White
mezzotint
NPG D2385
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
by George Zobel, published by John Mitchell, after Henry Wyndham Phillips
mixed-method engraving, published 20 June 1856
NPG D49708
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
by George Zobel, after Henry Wyndham Phillips
mezzotint, published 1856
NPG D1225
Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe
by George Zobel, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Francis Grant
mixed-method engraving, published 1 January 1859
NPG D49837
Richard William Penn Curzon, 1st Earl Howe
by George Zobel, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Francis Grant
mixed-method engraving, published 1 January 1859
NPG D49838
Marianne Margaret Egerton (née Compton), Viscountess Alford ('Lady Marian Alford')
by George Zobel, after Thomas Brooker
mezzotint, 1863
NPG D49387
Marianne Margaret Egerton (née Compton), Viscountess Alford ('Lady Marian Alford')
by George Zobel, printed by Thomas Brooker, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, Scott & Co, after Paul and Dominic Colnaghi, Scott & Co
mezzotint, published 7 July 1863
NPG D49388
Angela Burdett-Coutts, Baroness Burdett-Coutts
by George Zobel, published by J. Hogarth & Sons, after James Rannie Swinton
mixed-method engraving, published 25 June 1874
NPG D49699
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Rosalie Zobel
13 May 2018, 12:34
George Zobel is my great, great grandfather. He was the son of Benjamin Zobel, an immigrant from Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany, who was table decker to King George the 3rd. Benjamin discovered a way to fix onto paper his sand paintings, which he produced in the middle of the Royal banquet table. He kept the method secret, so sand painting died out. I heard from my grandfather that George was a respected artist who made quite a lot of money from engravings, which were the equivalent of high-end portrait photography today. George spent a lot of his earnings on parties and weekends with friends in Brighton. He was said to have been an excellent billiards player, and entered national competitions. When he won, he took all his friends by carriage to the seaside. He also lost a lot of money on a border dispute with his neighbour, so was never rich. He regularly visited his family in Germany by boat and train. On one trip he helped an old lady, Mrs Jenkins. She left him an inheritance, so he changed his name to George James Jenkins Zobel.
Vic Gibbs
19 November 2020, 03:30
While not directly related, this part of the Zobel family is in my extended family tree. The connection is through Elizabeth Windall, Benjamin's wife. Unfortunately I'm going to throw some cold water on family lore. George James Jenkins Zobel was baptised with this name On December 29, 1811 at Chelsea.
On a further note I was wondering if there are any people out there who are familiar with the technique and style of the artist? I will make a long story very short so as not to bore. There are paintings of my gggrandparents that were created in the 1840s purportedly by a friend of the family. There are no signatures on these works as they were provided as a personal gift and the artist did not want to sign them and create a monetary value for the works. This has been a family mystery for close to 200 years now. Any assistance in determining if they might be by George would be most appreciated.