Edward Fisher
(1722-before 1782), Mezzotint engraverArtist associated with 92 portraits
Dublin-born Fisher moved to London in 1758 and worked in the studio of engraver James McArdell. The following year he was selected by Sir Joshua Reynolds to produce a mezzotint engraving of his portrait of Augustus Keppel. Fisher went on to engrave nearly thirty more of Reynold's paintings. A member of the Society of Artists, throughout the 1760s and 1770s Fisher regularly exhibited engraved portraits after a number of painters.
John Ligonier, 1st Earl Ligonier
by and sold by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1760)
NPG D37335
Henry Pleydell Dawnay, 3rd Viscount Downe
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1760)
NPG D1786
Henry Pleydell Dawnay, 3rd Viscount Downe
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1760)
NPG D1787
by Edward Fisher, printed for Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1760)
NPG D2980
by Edward Fisher, after Nathaniel Hone
mezzotint, (circa 1760)
NPG D3074
by Edward Fisher, after Nathaniel Hone
mezzotint, (circa 1760)
NPG D3075
by Edward Fisher, after Nathaniel Hone
mezzotint, (circa 1760)
NPG D3076
Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel
by Edward Fisher, published by John Bowles, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1760 (1759)
NPG D3407
by Edward Fisher, published by John Spilsbury, after Jonathan Richardson
mezzotint, circa 1760-1785
NPG D19806
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1760s (1761)
NPG D36849
George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1761 (1760)
NPG D39072
George Edgcumbe, 1st Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1761 (1760)
NPG D39073
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1760s (1761)
NPG D40830
'Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke'
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1762 (1760)
NPG D36261
Hugh Percy (né Smithson), 1st Duke of Northumberland
by and sold by Edward Fisher, and sold by Thomas Jefferys, and sold by Carington Bowles, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1762)
NPG D38798
George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1762?
NPG D335
Hugh Percy (né Smithson), 1st Duke of Northumberland
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, circa 1762-1766
NPG D3740
Catherine Trapaud (née Plaistow)
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1762
NPG D4495
Catherine Trapaud (née Plaistow)
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1762
NPG D4496
George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle
by Edward Fisher, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1762?
NPG D7197
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