James Thomson (Thompson)
(baptised 1788-1850), EngraverArtist associated with 138 portraits
James Thomson was apprenticed for seven years to Mackenzie, a London engraver. He then spent two years working for Anthony Cardon before setting up in business on his own. He became an accomplished engraver, developing a unique style by etching design lines on his plates before either line or stipple engraving them. Thomson produced figure and portrait engravings and contributed to many popular illustrated works such as E. Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain (1821-34), Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting (1826-8) and C. Heath's Book of Beauty (1833-49).
by James Thomson (Thompson), after Samuel Drummond
stipple engraving, published 1821
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Harriette Wilson (née Dubouchet)
by James Thomson (Thompson), after George Clint
stipple engraving, published 1821
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James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
by James Thomson (Thompson), after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 1821
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by James Thomson (Thompson), after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, 1821
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by James Thomson (Thompson), after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, 1821
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by James Thomson (Thompson), after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1822
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Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland
by James Thomson (Thompson), after Robert Walker
stipple engraving, published 1823
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by James Thomson (Thompson), published by William Sams, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1823
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Harriet Anne Chichester (née Butler), Marchioness of Donegall
by James Thomson (Thompson), published by Edward Bull, after Anne Mee (née Foldsone)
stipple engraving, 1823
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by James Thomson (Thompson), published by Harding, Mavor & Lepard, after William Derby, after Hans Holbein the Younger
stipple and line engraving, published 24 December 1823
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by James Thomson (Thompson), after William Derby
stipple engraving, published 1823
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Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland
by James Thomson (Thompson), after Robert Walker
stipple engraving, published 1823
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by James Thomson (Thompson), published by Thomas Goff Lupton, after J. Derby
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1823
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Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
by James Thomson (Thompson), published by William Sams, after Abraham Wivell
stipple engraving, published 1824
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by James Thomson (Thompson), published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby, after Sir Anthony van Dyck
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1824 (circa 1635-1640)
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Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
by James Thomson (Thompson), published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby
stipple engraving, published 1 July 1824
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Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles
by James Thomson (Thompson), published by Henry Fisher
stipple engraving, published January 1824
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Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
by James Thomson (Thompson), after Sir Peter Lely
stipple engraving, circa 1824
NPG D41889
Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
by James Thomson (Thompson), after John Jackson, and by Walter Paton
stipple engraving, 1825
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by James Thomson (Thompson), printed by McQueen (Macqueen), after William Derby, after Jonathan Richardson
line and stipple engraving, published 1 July 1825 (1713-1714)
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David Alexander
29 November 2018, 18:32
The portrait of The Revd Joseph White after Peters from the European Magazine, 1796, is not by James Thompson but Joseph Thomson, and clearly signed as such.