William Greatbach
(1802-1885), Engraver and illustratorArtist associated with 40 portraits
William Greatbach had a long career as a portrait and figure engraver, working, in particular, for the annuals that became popular from the 1820s onwards. He was first published in James's Naval History (1822) and went on to contribute to The Amulet (1828, 1831), The Anniversary (1829), S.G. Hall's Book of Gems (1836), Finden's Royal Gallery of British Art (1841), and Hall's Gems of European Art (1846). From 1849, he engraved regularly for The Art Journal, mostly rendering genre subjects by contemporary painters.
Sir Horace ('Horatio') Mann, 1st Bt
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after John Astley
line engraving, published 1840 (1752)
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Marian Hastings (née Anna Maria Apollonia Chapuset)
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Ozias Humphry
line engraving, published 1841
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Marian Hastings (née Anna Maria Apollonia Chapuset)
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Ozias Humphry
line engraving, published 1841
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William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh
by William Greatbach, after George Perfect Harding
line engraving, published 1845
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Margaret Cavendish (née Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne
by William Greatbach, after Abraham Diepenbeeck
stipple and line engraving, published 1846
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Margaret Cavendish (née Lucas), Duchess of Newcastle upon Tyne
by William Greatbach, after Abraham Diepenbeeck
stipple and line engraving, published 1846
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by William Greatbach, published by Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, after John Opie
line engraving, published 1846
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by William Greatbach, after Eden Upton Eddis
line engraving, published 1850
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by William Greatbach, after Leonard Schenk
mixed-method engraving, published 1851
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by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Leonard Schenk
mixed-method engraving, published 1851
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by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
mixed-method engraving and etching, published 1857
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by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
mixed-method engraving and etching, published 1857
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by William Greatbach, after John Giles Eccardt
stipple and line engraving, published 1857
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Catherine Douglas (née Hyde), Duchess of Queensberry
by William Greatbach, after Charles Jervas
line engraving, published 1857
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Anne Seymour Damer (née Conway)
by William Greatbach, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 1857
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by William Greatbach, after Johann Heinrich Muntz
stipple and line engraving, published 1858
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The late Field Marshals of England; Wellington & Lord Raglan, crossing the Pyrenees, 1813
by William Greatbach, by Robert Wallis, after Thomas Jones Barker
line engraving, published 1858 (originally published 1856)
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Sir Horace ('Horatio') Mann, 1st Bt
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after John Astley
line engraving, published 1891 (1752)
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Catherine ('Kitty') Clive (née Raftor)
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley, after Jeremiah Davison
line engraving, published 1891
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Marie Thérèse de Savoie-Carignan, Princess de Lamballe
by William Greatbach, published by Richard Bentley
line and stipple engraving, published 1895
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