John Young
(1755-1825), Mezzotint engraverSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 57 portraits
Studied under Valentine Green, then worked with several of the painters who collaborated with Green, notably Benjamin West, John Hoppner, and Johann Gerhard Huck. He began to publish his own prints in 1785, which he traded with Pierre-François Basan in France. Young executed some eighty portraits after various contemporaries, including several notable portraits of boxers, but was best known for his engravings after West, Johann Zoffany, and especially Richard Morton Paye and Hoppner. In 1789, he was appointed mezzotint engraver to the Prince of Wales. In 1813, Young was appointed as keeper of the British Institution, a role that he held until his death.
by and published by John Young, after John Hoppner
coloured mezzotint, published 1 December 1800
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by John Young, after Leonardo Guzzardi
mezzotint, published 1800
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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
by and published by John Young, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 14 February 1801 (1790s)
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by John Young, after Thomas Barber
mezzotint, early 19th century
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by and published by John Young, after John Rising
mezzotint, published 2 November 1801
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Frederick William Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol
by John Young, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1802
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by John Young, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1803
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by John Young, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, published 1803
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by and published by John Young, after Henry Ashby
mezzotint, published October 1803
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by and published by John Young, after Henry Ashby
mezzotint, published October 1803
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by John Young, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1803 (circa 1780)
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by John Young, after John Rising
mezzotint, published 1805
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by John Young, after John Hoppner
mezzotint, published 1806
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by John Young, after John Keenan
mezzotint, 1807 or after
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by John Young, published by Josiah Boydell, after Ralph Earl
mezzotint, published 13 April 1807
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by John Young, published by Josiah Boydell, after John Keenan
mezzotint, published 21 April 1809
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by John Young, published by David Hatton, after George Watson
mezzotint, published 1 February 1809
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by and published by John Young, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1810
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by and published by John Young, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1810
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by John Young, after Jacob George Strutt
mezzotint, circa 1810-1820
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