Henry Thomas Ryall
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Henry Thomas Ryall (August 1811 – 14 September 1867)
Ryall was appointed the royal engraver by
National Portrait Gallery in London.[3]
Life
He was born at
mezzotinto engraver, but the style in which he at first worked was that known as ‘chalk’ or ‘stipple.’ He began his career by engraving plates for the editions of Edmund Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, and for the series of Portraits of Eminent Conservatives and Statesmen, as well as for Charles Heath
's Book of Beauty and other works.
In 1861, Ryall was living with his wife Georgina, niece and two servants at 15 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea.[4]
Ryall died at his residence at Cookham, Berkshire, on 14 September 1867.
Works
Ryall's larger plates are a combination of line and stipple. They include Sir Edwin Landseer.
He engraved also
Sir William Charles Ross
's miniatures of Queen Victoria and the prince consort, and several other portraits. He painted occasionally in oils, and exhibited in 1846 at the Society of British Artists Waiting for an Answer, and at the Royal Academy A Reverie in 1852, and The Crochet Lesson in 1859.
External links
- An engraving of the painting 'Grace St Aubyn' by Edmund Thomas Parris for Heath’s Book of Beauty, 1833, with a poetical illustration
The Last of the St. Aubyns. by Letitia Elizabeth Landon. - An engraving of Amina., a painting by Henry Liverseege, for Heath’s Book of Beauty, 1836, with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
- An engraving of The Young Olympia. by Edmund Thomas Parris for Finden’s Gallery of the Graces (1834), with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
- An engraving of Marguerite, Countess of Blessington. by Alfred Edward Chalon for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1839, with a poetical illustration. by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
References
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- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- An engraving of Edward, First Earl of Sandwich. by Peter Lely for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837 with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon that relates to the 4th Earl.
- An engraving of Selim and Zuleika. by H Andrews for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1839 with a poetical illustration, The Farewell, by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.
- ^ "Henry Thomas Ryall". Cyber Muse. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "Ryall, Henry Thomas". ArtNet. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Henry Thomas Ryall (1811-1867), Engraver". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- ^ "1861 England Census". Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Ryall, Henry Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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