Edward Rooker
Edward Rooker (c. 1712 – 22 November 1774) was an English
Life and work
Rooker was born in
Among Rooker's early works are a view on the
Rooker also contributed plates to
Another of Rooker's works is a set of six views of London, engraved in the manner of Piranesi from drawings by Paul and Thomas Sandby, which he published himself in 1766. In that year he also drew and engraved a large view of Blackfriars Bridge, then in course of construction.[3] He engraved many landscapes after William Pars, Paul Sandby, Richard Wilson, and others. He also etched, in conjunction with Sandby, three of the set of six large plates of subjects from Tasso's "Gerusalemme Liberata" (painted by John Collins [c. 1725 - c. 1759]).
The headings of the '
Rooker was also an actor, working at the Drury Lane Theatre in London between 1752 and 1774, often playing the role of the harlequin.[4]
Edward Rooker died on 22 November 1774 at his house in Great Russell Street in Bloomsbury.[4] His son Michael Angelo Rooker was a notable artist and engraver. Another son Edward Rooker Jr. was also an engraver.
References
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 210.
- ^ Biography (Towcester Families).
- ^ Rooker at the Government Art Collection.
- ^ a b Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans. A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, volume 13 (Southern Illinois University Press, 1991) pp. 86-8.
External links
- Edward & Michael "Angelo" Rooker (Towcester families)
- Works by Edward Rooker (Government Art Collection)
- A View of the Wilderness, with the Alhambra (c. 1763 engraving after W. Pars - Royal Collection)
