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Ralph Thomas junior

Also known as: Ralph Thomas junior; primary name: Thomas, Ralph; pseudonym (anagram): Hamst, Olphar
Details: individual; collector; legal; British; Male
Life dates: 1840-1926
Address: 11 Salisbury Street, Strand (1872) Middle Temple
Biography: Son of Serjeant Thomas, and himself a lawyer. As a child knew Millais who worked for his father; also knew Whistler from whom he purchased prints c.1860 that he sold to the Museum 1871/72 (1872,0713.378 to 434), see three letters to G W Reid dated December 1871; published a catalogue of Whistler's etchings in 1874. 1886, sold a major collection of early Toy Theatres to the BM, mounted in nine volumes (1886-5-13-17 to 1961). Then went on to form a second collection, acquiring the whole of the collection of Captain Frederick Hodgetts. This second collection was acquired by Sir Wilfrid Nops (1884-1948), clerk of the Central Criminal Court, and added to his existing collection. The group of 20,000 sheets was offered for sale en bloc by Maggs in 2006 and was bought by a private collector. cf. his brother Percy Thomas.
Bibliography: M Hopkinson, 'Whistler's first print exhibition', Print Quarterly, XXVI, 2009, pp.257-68

669 related objects

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.1025 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811-1831

drawing; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1958 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1810-1830

drawing; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1945 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1810-1830

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.876 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811-1830

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.1024 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811-1831

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.1026 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811-1831

drawing; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1947 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1810-1840

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.831 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811-1830

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.1017 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.1019 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811-1831

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.1032 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811-1831

drawing; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1035 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811-1830

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.1013 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0513.1957 |
Producer name: BIOG21334 After:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1810-1830

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.910 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811-1831

drawing; toy theatre; print study

Museum number: 1886,0513.1014 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1263-1270 |
Producer name: BIOG31707 Published by:Hodgson & Co |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bibi Valentin |
Museum number: 1872,0713.399 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1849-1872

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.556.+ |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1431-1432 |
Producer name: BIOG31707 Published by:Hodgson & Co |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.896 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Ralph Thomas |
Museum number: 1899,0721.3 |
Producer name: BIOG48370 Print made by:Percy Thomas |
Production date: 1871

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.769-770 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestPublished by:William West |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1302-1303 |
Producer name: BIOG31707 Published by:Hodgson & Co |
Production date: 1822-1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1066 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1056 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1811-1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.814-815 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.475-488 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestPublished by:William West |
Production date: 1829-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.844 |
Producer name: After:William WestPublished by:William West |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1817-1820 |
Producer name: BIOG173104 Published by:G Creed |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Reading in Bed The slipper |
Museum number: 1872,0713.403 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1849-1872

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1932 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1810-1840

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.578-579 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.923 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.946 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.576-577 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.572 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1471 |
Producer name: BIOG31707 Published by:Hodgson & Co |
Production date: 1822-1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1942-1944 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1810-1840

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1727 |
Producer name: BIOG32852 Published by:J H Jameson |
Production date: 1811-1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.517-520 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.638-639 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Title: M. Ducrow's Equestrian Scene of the Indian & Wild Horses |
Museum number: 1886,0513.1950 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1810-1830

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.164-174 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1815-1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1561 |
Producer name: BIOG31707 Published by:Hodgson & Co |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1107 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.784 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.762 |
Producer name: After:William WestPublished by:William West |
Production date: 1820-1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1397-1408 |
Producer name: BIOG31707 Published by:Hodgson & Co |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.836 |
Producer name: Print made by:E BlakePublished by:William West |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1015-1016 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1811-1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1038-1041 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.508-512 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1815-1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1861.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:J Lewis MarksPublished by:J Lewis Marks |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.907 |
Producer name: Print made by:E BlakePublished by:William West |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1901-1903 |
Producer name: BIOG219410 Published by:Sarah Stokes |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.767-768 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Portrait of Whistler |
Museum number: 1872,0713.417 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1849-1872

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1929 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1810-1840

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1952 |
Producer name: BIOG219453 Published by:Shorman |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1067 |
Producer name: After:William WestPublished by:William West |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.968 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.888-889 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Greenwich Park |
Museum number: 1885,0509.21 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1849-1872

print

Title: Fumette, Standing |
Museum number: 1872,0713.419 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1849-1872

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.944 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1801-1802 |
Producer name: BIOG32852 Published by:J H Jameson |
Production date: 1819-1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1757-1759 |
Producer name: BIOG32852 Published by:J H Jameson |
Production date: 1814-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1217 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Grand Tournament, in the presence of the Emperor Charlemagne in his chariot of chivalry |
Museum number: 1886,0513.1960 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles TomkinsPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Little Pool The Thames Set |
Museum number: 1885,0509.24 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1849-1872

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1808 |
Producer name: BIOG32852 Published by:J H Jameson |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.797 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1224-1229 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1827-1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1886,0513.1961 |
Producer name: BIOG46085 Print made by:George Shepheard |
Production date: 1800-1840

print

Title: Nursemaid and Child |
Museum number: 1872,0713.383 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1849-1872

print

Title: Annie The French Set |
Museum number: 1885,0509.20 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1857-1858

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.862 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1106 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1824-1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1698 |
Producer name: BIOG31707 Published by:Hodgson & Co |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.789 |
Producer name: After:William WestPublished by:William West |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1834 |
Producer name: Published by:John Kilby GreenPublished by:H Burtenshaw |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Music Room |
Museum number: 1872,0713.386 |
Producer name: BIOG50934 Print made by:James McNeill Whistler |
Production date: 1849-1872

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.573-575 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1817-1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.995 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.1847-1848 |
Producer name: BIOG219378 Published by:Mrs M Hebberd |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.822 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; toy theatre

Museum number: 1886,0513.537-538 |
Producer name: BIOG156232 Published by:William West |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Unsafe Tenement The French Set |
Museum number: 1885,0509.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McNeill WhistlerPrinted by:Auguste Delâtre |
Production date: 1849-1866

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