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John Almon

Also known as: John Almon; primary name: Almon, John
Details: individual; publisher/printer; British; Male
Life dates: 1737-1805
Address: Piccadilly, London
Biography: Major book and minor print publisher, and journalist much engaged in political affairs. Published the opposition Political Register and the London Museum in the 1760s; work after James Barry and (between 1772-80) satires. In 1780/1 working in partnership with Debrett (see eg.BMSat.5834).
Bibliography: DNB (by Lynda Leitner) Published his autobiography in 1790

57 related objects

print; book-illustration

Title: Malmsbury Abbey |
Museum number: 1981,U.2586 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1770-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Valle Crucis Abbey |
Museum number: 2006,U.3850 |
Producer name: BIOG176824 Print made by:Joseph Ryland |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Landdwyn Priory |
Museum number: 1981,U.2871 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Cumner Abbey |
Museum number: 1981,U.2860 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Norwich Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2214 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Little Billing Priory |
Museum number: 1981,U.2255 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Lanharne Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2789 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Hertlebury Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2617 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1775-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Drayton House |
Museum number: 1981,U.2284 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Conway Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2788 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print

Title: The Phoenix, or the Resurrection of Freedom |
Museum number: 1848,1125.563 |
Producer name: Print made by:James BarryPublished by:John Almon |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; frontispiece

Title: A Citizen of the World searching for a Wise Prince |
Museum number: 1868,0808.13247 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Print made by:John Almon |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Effusions of the heart;"-or-"Lying-Jack the Blacksmith at confession, |
Museum number: 1851,0901.898 |
Producer name: BIOG28991 Print made by:James Gillray |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Brecknock Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2867 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Hugh Boyd, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1837,0513.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Caroline WatsonPublished by:Richard Phillips |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Britain's state pilot foundering on taxation rock to the great amusement of Lewis Baboon, Don Strut |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4592 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mannorbeer Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2809 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Sr Winefrid's Well |
Museum number: 1981,U.2855 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Neath Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2844 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: All joy and tranquility high life and festivity as long as we live |
Museum number: 1868,0612.1205 |
Producer name: Published by:William PhelpsPublished by:John Almon |
Production date: 1780

print; satirical print

Title: The last stake |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4617 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1779

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: The Colonies Reduced / Its Companion |
Museum number: 1855,0609.1925 |
Producer name: After:Benjamin FranklinPublished by:John Almon |
Production date: 1768

print; satirical print

Title: The last stake |
Museum number: J,1.13 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1779

print; satirical print

Title: Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4702 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1780

print; satirical print

Title: The Allies - par nobile fratrum |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4645 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1780

print; satirical print

Title: Effusions of the heart;"-or-"Lying-Jack the Blacksmith at confession, |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6708 |
Producer name: BIOG28991 Print made by:James Gillray |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Alnwick Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Cardigan Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2824 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Trtior Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2866 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Rhudlan Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2851 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Llanblythian Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2845 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Montgomery Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2806 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Cardiff Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2849 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Haverford West Priory |
Museum number: 1981,U.2812 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Powis Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2805 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Pembroke Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2820 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Lantony Abby |
Museum number: 1981,U.2143 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Caermarthen Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2785 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Richmond Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2684 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Windham Priory |
Museum number: 1981,U.2245 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Aberistwyth Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2823 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Castle and Town of Scarborough |
Museum number: 1981,U.2686 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Beaumaris Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2870 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Ragland Castle |
Museum number: 1981,U.2141 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph RylandAfter:Benjamin Ralph |
Production date: 1760-1790

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Round about the Cauldron go, In the Tortur'd Printers throw |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9903 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: The Royal Chace |
Museum number: 1873,0712.802 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770

print; broadside; satirical print

Title: The Times Past, Present, and to Come |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4359 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1765

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: The budget |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4751 |
Producer name: Published by:William PhelpsPublished by:John Almon |
Production date: 1781

print; satirical print

Title: Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest |
Museum number: J,1.96 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1780

print; satirical print

Title: The last stake |
Museum number: 1868,0808.12430 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1779

print; satirical print

Title: The balance of credit |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4483 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1772

print

Title: The Phoenix, or the Resurrection of Freedom |
Museum number: 1848,1221.109 |
Producer name: Print made by:James BarryPublished by:John Almon |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; frontispiece

Title: The Centaur not Fabulous |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9761 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Britain's state pilot foundering on taxation rock to the great amusement of Lewis Baboon, Don Strut |
Museum number: J,1.78 |
Producer name: BIOG143144 Published by:John Almon |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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