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John Sewell

Also known as: John Sewell; primary name: Sewell, John; other name: Sewel, John
Details: individual; publisher/printer; British; Male
Other dates: 1735-1802
Address: Cornhill (1782, 1785, 1787) 32 Cornhill, London (1790-1800) Battersea Rise, Surrey (residence)
Biography: Bookseller and print publisher, proprietor of the European Magazine until his death when it was passed on to James Asperne (q.v.). See 1875,0710.5327 for a view of his house in Battersea Rise, advertised for auction in March 1803.

766 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1863,0725.1800-1896 |
Producer name: Published by:N SmithPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1879,0712.23-26 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SkeltonPrint made by:Foot |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A West View of the famous Pass near the Cape of Good Hope, called Hottentot Hollands Klosse |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5398 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1796

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Rosemary Hall, on the Island of St,, Helena; the Seat of William Wrangham Esrq,, |
Museum number: 1919,0415.828 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WalkerPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1797

print; book-illustration

Title: The death of the Prince of Brunswick |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5740 |
Producer name: BIOG118801 Published by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1786

print; newspaper/periodical; frontispiece

Title: Statue of His Majesty in Somerset Place |
Museum number: 1880,1113.2906 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Hackney Church |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5189 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederick MorrisAfter:B Pernotin |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Old Houses in Duke Street, West Smithfield |
Museum number: 1880,0911.741 |
Producer name: Print made by:G BarrettAfter:Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Gabriel Snodgrass |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.322 |
Producer name: Print made by:DraytonAfter:Gabriel Stuart |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Charles Phillips Esqr, Barrister at Law |
Museum number: Y,3.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Rt,, Honble,, Earl St,, Vincent / First Lord of the Admiralty |
Museum number: 1980,U.1121 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Lemuel Francis Abbott |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sir William Jones, Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature Bengal |
Museum number: 1865,0520.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Rt. Hon. Lord Hood. |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5103 |
Producer name: Print made by:William AngusAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Hugh Blair, D.D. F.R.S. Ed: |
Museum number: 1865,0520.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:John Sewell |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lord Viscount Howe. |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5104 |
Producer name: Print made by:William AngusPublished by:Fielding & Walker |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: East Bourn |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5206 |
Producer name: After:John NixonPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Cheshunt House |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5281 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Shirl |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.5735 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walter ThomasPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Entrance of the Mausoleum of Emanual the Great King of Portugal |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5397 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walter ThomasPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Spanish Ambassadours House Manchester Square Old Houses in Long Lane, West Smithfield |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5221 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The late Lord Dacre's Seat, Blackheath |
Museum number: 1871,1209.5700 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert NewmanPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The House of the Chevalier d'Eon at Tonnerre, on the banks of the Armançon, & on the Border of Champ |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5402 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walter ThomasPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Abbey Church, Bath |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5214 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Honble. H. Dundas. |
Museum number: 1865,0520.51 |
Producer name: BIOG118801 Published by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: William Hayley Esqr. |
Museum number: K,60.180 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HollowayAfter:George Romney |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Edward Lord Thurlow. |
Museum number: 1865,0520.167 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CornerAfter:John Corner |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs Barbauld |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5742 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HollowayPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A View of Pentillie ont he Banks of the Tamar |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5381 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: James Bruce of Kinnaird Lord of Geesh |
Museum number: 1865,0520.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:R StanierPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Devonshire Place and Wimpole street, from the New Road, St Mary le Bone |
Museum number: 1880,1113.4678 |
Producer name: After:Charles Reuben RyleyPrint made by:G Barrett |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Egerton, late Bishop of Durham. |
Museum number: 1865,0520.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward BalstonAfter:Isaac Gosset |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Joseph Priestley. L.L.D: F.R.S. |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.24.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Voltaire |
Museum number: 1865,0520.174 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CondéPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Cheshunt House |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.27.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Shirl |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Section of the Rotunda in the Bank of England |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5223 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr Denman Physician Extraordinary to her Majesty |
Museum number: 1920,0127.8 |
Producer name: BIOG118801 Published by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Eyles Irwin Esqr |
Museum number: 1865,0520.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaitePublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Specimens of Ancient Architecture |
Museum number: Heal,Topography.380 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DartonPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Montague |
Museum number: K,64.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Hon.ble Cat.n James Luttrell |
Museum number: 1865,0520.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:William AngusAfter:James Millar |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sir Sydney Smith. |
Museum number: 1865,0520.155 |
Producer name: Print made by:R StanierPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1865,0520.34 |
Producer name: BIOG118801 Print made by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Robinson |
Museum number: 1875,0814.1292 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CondéPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; frontispiece

Title: The Entrance to Coade and Sealy's Gallery of Sculpture |
Museum number: G,1.240 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lidford Bridge, Devon-shire |
Museum number: 1931,0909.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:George BeckPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Israel Mauduit Esqr |
Museum number: 1865,0520.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HollowayAfter:Mason Chamberlin I |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: N. View of Miaveram Choultry in the Tanjore Country |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5432 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas MorrisAfter:Elisha Trapaud |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Northcote Esqr |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1236 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peter CondéPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Opie Esqr R.A. |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4543 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A View of a Mosque at Gazipoor |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5438 |
Producer name: After:William HodgesPrint made by:Thomas Morris |
Production date: 1780s-1790s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A southeast view of Cheshunt Church |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.27.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Shirl |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Thos,, Jefferson, President of the United States of America |
Museum number: 1928,1210.317 |
Producer name: After:Gilbert StuartPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Hunter Esqr. |
Museum number: 1865,0520.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian JosiPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lieut. Col. Barclay |
Museum number: K,67.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BloodAfter:Dillon |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr Berkenhout |
Museum number: 1889,0409.323 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HollowayPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Freemason's Charity School in St George's Fields |
Museum number: 1880,1113.5348 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr. Quin |
Museum number: K,63.148 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:Thomas Hudson |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Right Honble. Robert Earl Nugent. |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5112 |
Producer name: BIOG118801 Published by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The new Church of St Peter le Poor, Broad Street |
Museum number: 1880,0911.701 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The marine villa of John Smith Esqr. (father of Sir Sydney Smith) under Dover cliffs |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5388 |
Producer name: After:John NixonPrint made by:Samuel Rawle |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Spanish Ambassadours House Manchester Square Old Houses in Long Lane, West Smithfield |
Museum number: 1880,0911.870 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: North West view of Drury Lane Theatre |
Museum number: G,6.135 |
Producer name: After:Henry HollandIntermediary draughtsman:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Summer |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5477 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:William Walker |
Production date: 1786

print; book-illustration

Title: Autumn |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5486 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:William Walker |
Production date: 1786

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Earl of Sandwich. |
Museum number: 1865,0520.145 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CornerPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1787

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The palanquin presented by the Marquis of Cornwallis to Prince Abdul Calic, Son of Tippoo Sultaum |
Museum number: 1978,U.304 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1796

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lord Viscount Duncan. |
Museum number: 1865,0520.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1798

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr. Monsey |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1356 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:Mr. Forster |
Production date: 1789

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr. Monsey |
Museum number: Ee,4.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:Mr. Forster |
Production date: 1789

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr. Monsey |
Museum number: Y,5.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:Mr. Forster |
Production date: 1789

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: James Nares Mus Doct |
Museum number: 1865,0520.118 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyAfter:George Engleheart |
Production date: 1795

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A View of a Bridge over the Ba-Fing or Black River |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5450 |
Producer name: Published by:George NicholPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1800

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Moses Mendez Esqr. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1696 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1792

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Cheltenham Wells, Gloucestershire |
Museum number: 1931,0909.195 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1770 - 1800

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: William Viscount Barrington Æ. 75 |
Museum number: 1838,0425.102 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:William Ridley |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Drogheda |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5384 |
Producer name: BIOG118801 Print made by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Skiddaw in Cumberland a summer's sunset |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5142 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:Walter Thomas |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: North, West, View of Drury-Lane Theatre |
Museum number: 1880,0911.1018 |
Producer name: After:Henry HollandPrint made by:Walter Thomas |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Josephus Haydn |
Museum number: 1865,0114.717 |
Producer name: Print made by:James NewtonAfter:Johann Ernst Mansfeld |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: West view of the Cathedral Church at Rheims |
Museum number: 1931,0909.507 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walter ThomasPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Benjamin West, Esqr., President of the Royal Academy |
Museum number: 1875,0213.187 |
Producer name: Print made by:Christian JosiAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Woodmanstone Church Croydon, Surry |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; frontispiece

Museum number: 1875,0710.5136 |
Producer name: After:George SamuelPrint made by:Isaac Taylor (I) |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: James Boswell Esqr. of Aushinleck |
Museum number: 1865,0520.17 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Cottage of the late John Wilkes Esqr in the Isle of Wight |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5229 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Finsbury Square |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawlePublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 2006,U.501 |
Producer name: After:Thomas BanksPrint made by:John Condé |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Genius unveiling Nature |
Museum number: 1849,0721.317 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:William Angus |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mr. John Bannister, comedian. |
Museum number: 1875,0410.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:Piercy RobertsPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1978,U.1910 |
Producer name: After:John DixonPrint made by:William Walker |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; map

Title: An accurate map of ... St. Christophers and Nevis Recueil d'estampes représentant les différents évè |
Museum number: 1983,U.243 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CaryPublished by:Fielding & Walker |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; plan

Title: Plan of the Fort of Bangalore from Sights, without Measurement |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5418 |
Producer name: BIOG118801 Published by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: J.me de Lalande Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences... |
Museum number: 1865,0520.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:R StanierPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Design for a Monument ... to Henry Fielding |
Museum number: K,59.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walter ThomasPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Remains of Prince Rupert's Palace, Beech Street Warwick House Cloth Fair |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5195 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Garden View of Dr Lettsom's House Camberwell - Surrey |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5165 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PrattentPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1770-1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Mrs Abington |
Museum number: 1841,0403.130 |
Producer name: After:Richard CoswayPrint made by:William Ridley |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1865,0520.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: An Inside View of the Pantheon exhibiting their Majesties Box &c as fitted up under the direction of |
Museum number: 1937,0729.174 |
Producer name: After:John DixonPrint made by:William Angus |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of the Old Church at Hampsted |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.19.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GoldarPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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