Josiah Boydell
(1752-1817), Artist and publisherArtist associated with 69 portraits
The nephew and business partner of publisher John Boydell, Josiah Boydell was also an artist. He began exhibiting both historical scenes and portraits at the Royal Academy in 1772. In total, he contributed four large paintings for the Shakespeare Gallery, including King Henry VI, Part One - Act Two, Scene Four.
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth
by and published by Charles Theodosius Heath, and published by Josiah Boydell, and published by Colnaghi & Co, after Thomas Phillips
line engraving, published 1 January 1814
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Edward Venables Vernon Harcourt
by Henry Meyer, published by Josiah Boydell, after John Jackson
mezzotint, published 6 July 1815 (1813)
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by Charles Turner, published by Josiah Boydell, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, published 28 October 1817
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by William Say, published by Josiah Boydell, after Arthur William Devis
mezzotint, published 1 January 1817 (1815-1816)
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by and published by William Camden Edwards, published by Josiah Boydell, after Sir Martin Archer Shee
line engraving, published 18 March 1818
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by Valentine Green, published by and after Josiah Boydell
mezzotint, published July 1772
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by Benjamin Smith, published by John Boydell, and published by Josiah Boydell, after William Hogarth
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1795 (1745)
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by Francesco Bartolozzi, published by John Boydell, and published by Josiah Boydell, after Thomas Gainsborough
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1798 (1787-1788)
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by Georg Siegmund Facius, and by Johann Gottlieb Facius, published by John Boydell, and published by Josiah Boydell, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1802
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