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Blackie & Son

Also known as: Blackie & Son; primary name: Blackie & Son; other name: Blackie, Fullarton & Co; other name: Blackie, Robert
Details: organisation; publisher/printer; British
Other dates: 1807-mid 20thC
Address: Glasgow Edinburgh (from 1819) 44 Paternoster Row, London (in 1870) 50 Old Bailey, E. C., London (in 1900)
Biography: Print publishers; founded by John Blackie (1782-1874) who took over the Glasgow business of W. D. and A. Brownlie in 1807; 1809 in partnership with William Sommerville (until 1821) and Archibald Fullarton (until 1831); the printer, Edward Khull was a partner until 1826. By 1824 all three of Blackie's sons were partners; the business continued to be run by successive generations specialising from the late 19th century onwards in educational books and children's annuals.
Bibliography: ODNB (John Blackie, and John Alexander Blackie)

142 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 2005,0330.1 |
Producer name: BIOG155441 Drawn by:Joseph Needham |
Production date: 1870-1880

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RogersAfter:Abraham van Blyenberch |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Title: Euphemia Murray |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1866 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Anthony Stewart |
Production date: 1843 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: Colzean, with the fairy caves |
Museum number: 1881,0514.30 |
Producer name: After:David Octavius HillPrint made by:William Miller |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe. |
Museum number: 1852,1010.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert Charles BellAfter:Horatio McCulloch |
Production date: 1852-1870 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: George Thomson Esqr. |
Museum number: 1865,0114.603 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CochranAfter:Henry Raeburn |
Production date: 1820-1823 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: Robert Gordon, of Straloch and Pitlurg |
Museum number: 1852,1010.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:George Jamesone |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HowisonAfter:William Cochrane |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HowisonAfter:Sir John Baptist de Medina |
Production date: 1835

print

Museum number: 1852,1010.85 |
Producer name: BIOG27885 Print made by:Samuel Freeman |
Production date: 1800-1857

print

Museum number: 1852,1010.78 |
Producer name: BIOG27885 Print made by:Samuel Freeman |
Production date: 1790s-1857

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.63 |
Producer name: BIOG46041 Print made by:George Baird Shaw |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.84 |
Producer name: BIOG31846 Print made by:William Holl (the Elder) |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.68 |
Producer name: BIOG31846 Print made by:William Holl (the Elder) |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.86 |
Producer name: BIOG27885 Print made by:Samuel Freeman |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:David Martin |
Production date: 1830s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.51 |
Producer name: BIOG32185 Print made by:William Howison |
Production date: 1835

print

Museum number: 1852,1010.65 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Samuel Freeman |
Production date: 1803-1852

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RogersAfter:John Riley |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Hagar & Ishmael |
Museum number: 1871,0708.378 |
Producer name: After:Christian KöhlerPrinted by:Heinrich Felsing |
Production date: 1850-1875

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Thomas Frye |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: Mrs Dunlop of Dunlop |
Museum number: 1943,0410.505 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonPublished by:Blackie & Son |
Production date: 1816-1871 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow (council area)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HowisonAfter:George Chalmers |
Production date: 1832-1834

print; book-illustration

Title: Alex.r Henderson |
Museum number: 1852,1010.30 |
Producer name: BIOG27885 Print made by:Samuel Freeman |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Title: The Duke of Lauderdale. |
Museum number: 1852,1010.94 |
Producer name: BIOG40933 Print made by:R Page |
Production date: 1811-1832

print

Title: The storm |
Museum number: 1852,1010.21 |
Producer name: After:Paul DelarochePrint made by:Andrew Wilson |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:William Aikman |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:J B ShawAfter:John Watson Gordon |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HowisonAfter:Henry Raeburn |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.95 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Samuel Medley |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: Robert Boyd |
Museum number: 1852,1010.80 |
Producer name: BIOG44016 Print made by:John Rogers |
Production date: 1810-1830s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:John Watson Gordon |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Henry Raeburn |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Jean Baptiste Greuze |
Production date: 1835

print; newspaper/periodical; book-illustration; advertisement

Title: Ayr, from Brown Carrick Hill |
Museum number: 1872,1012.1795 |
Producer name: After:David Octavius HillPrint made by:William Miller |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Alex.r Gordon Laing |
Museum number: 1918,0107.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanPublished by:Blackie & Son |
Production date: 1820s-1830s |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: James Cunningham, Earl of Glencairn. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.768 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Kenneth Macleay |
Production date: 1833-1870 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: Rev. Thomas Blacklock D.D. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.241 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Younger)Print made by:Francis Holl |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: John Erskine, / Earl of Marr. |
Museum number: 1852,1010.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:R PageAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: The Moss Trooper. |
Museum number: 1852,1010.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:James JohnstoneAfter:W McArthney |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: Pisa |
Museum number: 1982,U.652 |
Producer name: After:Clarkson StanfieldPrint made by:James Tibbetts Willmore |
Production date: first half 19th century |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: Unto us a child is born |
Museum number: 1928,0211.73 |
Producer name: After:RaphaelPrint made by:William Holl (the Younger) |
Production date: 1850-1870 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.30.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:R PageAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Title: Lucy Johnstone |
Museum number: 1881,0514.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Thomas RyallAfter:Henry Raeburn |
Production date: 1843 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: A Scottish Shepherd Boy |
Museum number: 1852,1010.13 |
Producer name: After:Andrew SomervillePrint made by:Andrew Wilson |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: John Campbell / Duke of Argyll & Greenwich. |
Museum number: 1918,0107.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:R PageAfter:William Aikman |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Title: Rothsay Bay |
Museum number: 1852,1010.19 |
Producer name: After:Andrew DonaldsonPrint made by:John Johnstone |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: The Lovesick Maid |
Museum number: 1852,1010.25 |
Producer name: After:Frans van Mieris IPrint made by:William Howison |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: The Sewers |
Museum number: 1852,1010.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1830-1857 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: Sir John Leslie |
Museum number: 1852,1010.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:John JohnstoneAfter:Benjamin William Crombie |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Title: Grandmother Asleep |
Museum number: 1852,1010.18 |
Producer name: After:Henri DecaisnePrint made by:Andrew Wilson |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: Rev.d Tho.s Halyburton. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.936 |
Producer name: Print made by:John R Scott (John Scott Junior)After:Blackie & Son |
Production date: 1833-1835 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: Rev. John Skinner |
Museum number: 1865,0114.571 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WoolnothPublished by:Blackie & Son |
Production date: 1830s |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: Elizabeth Burnet |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1865 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:K McLea |
Production date: 1843 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.69 |
Producer name: BIOG46170 Print made by:Inigo Shury |
Production date: 1800-1830 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print

Title: Plums |
Museum number: 1936,1116.1405 |
Producer name: After:Augusta Innes Baker WithersPrint made by:Thomas Dick |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Nectarines and Peach |
Museum number: 1936,1116.1406 |
Producer name: After:Augusta Innes Baker WithersPrint made by:Thomas Dick |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Pompons Chrysanthemums |
Museum number: 1936,1116.1408 |
Producer name: After:Augusta Innes Baker WithersPrint made by:Thomas Dick |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FreemanIntermediary draughtsman:William Derby |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Horatius Bonar, D.D. |
Museum number: 1939,0711.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:Elliott & Fry |
Production date: mid 19th century |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print

Museum number: 1936,1116.1411 |
Producer name: After:Augusta Innes Baker WithersPrint made by:Joseph Wilson Lowry |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Samson |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2971 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Younger)After:Edward Armitage |
Production date: 1822-1871 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Jerusalem |
Museum number: 1855,0114.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:William ForrestIntermediary draughtsman:William Leighton Leitch |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print

Title: Rome from the Pincian Hill |
Museum number: 1981,U.3275 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CousenAfter:William Leighton Leitch |
Production date: 19th century |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A City of Refuge. |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2970 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Younger)After:Edward Armitage |
Production date: 1822-1871 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print

Museum number: 1976,U.78 |
Producer name: BIOG159189 Published by:Blackie & Son |
Production date: 1833-1870 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print; title-page

Title: Kelso Abbey |
Museum number: 1956,0725.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RichardsonAfter:David Octavius Hill |
Production date: 1852-1855 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print

Museum number: 1936,1116.1415 |
Producer name: After:Augusta Innes Baker WithersPrint made by:Joseph Wilson Lowry |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Title: Earl of Murray. |
Museum number: 1852,1010.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ShuryPrinted by:Rest Fenner |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1911,0412.162.1-24 |
Producer name: Published by:Blackie & SonPrinted by:Marcus Ward & Co |
Production date: 1850 - 1900 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Pope Sixtus V. (Felix Peretti.) |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1200 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HollAfter:Henry Parsons Riviere |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:GlasgowPublished in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.83 |
Producer name: BIOG27885 Print made by:Samuel Freeman |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Alexander Blair |
Production date: 1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RogersAfter:Henry Raeburn |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Title: Sir Anthony Hart, Knt |
Museum number: 1852,1010.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:David Martin |
Production date: 1835

print

Museum number: 1852,1010.62 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:R Page |
Production date: 1786-1852

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Baird ShawAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Title: James Sharp, Archbishop of Aberdeen |
Museum number: 1852,1010.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:R PageAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:R PageAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: Adam Duncan. / Viscount Camperdown, Admiral of the Blue, &c. &c. |
Museum number: 1852,1010.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:R PageAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1811-1832

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.79 |
Producer name: BIOG31846 Print made by:William Holl (the Elder) |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: Sir John Moore K.B. |
Museum number: 1852,1010.36 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Samuel Freeman |
Production date: 1800-1852

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:William HowisonAfter:William Aikman |
Production date: 1834

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanPublished by:Blackie & Son |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:J Campbell |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Title: Robert Leighton, D.D. |
Museum number: 1852,1010.88 |
Producer name: BIOG27885 Print made by:Samuel Freeman |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Dalyell, of Binns |
Museum number: 1852,1010.34 |
Producer name: BIOG40933 Print made by:R Page |
Production date: 1832

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RogersAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1835

print

Museum number: 1852,1010.37 |
Producer name: BIOG148182 After:Jeremiah Davison |
Production date: 18thC

print

Museum number: 1852,1010.74 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Samuel Freeman |
Production date: 1778-1852

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Baird ShawAfter:Henry Raeburn |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:John Watson Gordon |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Title: John Graham, / of Claverhouse, / Viscount of Dundee. |
Museum number: 1852,1010.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FreemanAfter:Henry Raeburn |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.66 |
Producer name: BIOG44016 Print made by:John Rogers |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:John Bogle |
Production date: 1830-1838

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,1010.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:John RogersAfter:Henry Raeburn |
Production date: 1830s

print

Title: Richard Baxter |
Museum number: 1920,1211.197 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Younger)Published by:Blackie & Son |
Production date: 1830s |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print

Title: Robert Ainslie Esqr |
Museum number: 1939,0303.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CochranPublished by:Blackie & Son |
Production date: 1830-1834 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: The Golden Age |
Museum number: 1852,1010.26 |
Producer name: After:John Vincent BarberPrint made by:William Miller |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:Glasgow

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