John Keyse Sherwin

John Keyse Sherwin (1751 – 24 September 1790) was an English engraver and history-painter.

Biography

Sherwin was born at East Dean in Sussex. His father was a wood-cutter employed in shaping bolts for shipbuilders, and the son followed the same occupation till his seventeenth year, when, having shown an aptitude for art by copying some miniatures, he was adopted by his father's landlord, William Mitford. Sherwin was sent to study in London, first under John Astley, and then for three years under Francesco Bartolozzi – for whom he is believed to have executed a large portion of the plate of Clytie, after Annibale Carracci, published as the work of his master.^[1]

Sherwin entered as a student of the

princess royal of England and other leading ladies of the aristocracy, hit the public taste, and, as reproduced by his burin, sold largely.^[1]

In 1785 he succeeded

Shakespeare, at The Hog in the Pound, an obscure alehouse in Swallow Street, or, as stated by his pupil J.T. Smith, in the house of Robert Wilkinson, a printseller in Cornhill.^[1]

It is as an engraver that Sherwin is most esteemed; and it may be noted that he was ambidextrous, working indifferently with either hand upon his plates. His drawing is correct, his line excellent and his textures are varied and intelligent in expression. Such of his plates as the "Holy Family" after

Murillo, the portrait of the marquis of Buckingham after Thomas Gainsborough and that of Pitt occupy a high place among the productions of the English school of line-engravers. He also worked after Pine, Dance and Kauffman.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sherwin, John Keyse". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 853.
^ Smith, John Thomas (1898). "Smith, John Thomas (1766-1833)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

References

"Sherwin, John Keyse". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

External links

"The Keyse Family Tree"
Engraving of Captain Cook. by Nathaniel Dance for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838 with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon.

[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sherwin, John Keyse". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 853.

[dnb-2] Smith, John Thomas (1898). "Smith, John Thomas (1766-1833)" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 53. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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