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Isaac Basire

Also known as: Isaac Basire; primary name: Basire, Isaac
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1704-1768
Address: St. John's Court, near Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London 16 St John's Gate, Clerkenwell
Biography: Engraver, son of a Huguenot refugee, who seems to have been a soldier. Founder of the Basire engraver dynasty (for family tree see Goddard p.xvi); father of James Basire I and John Basire. Apprenticed to a silversmith and then to a metal engraver/letterpress printer. Worked mainly on maps and book illustrations, much for the publisher John Nourse. His invoices to Nourse (Goodard pp.54--6) show that Basire also printed the plates, and this must have been a significant part of his business. Trade card in Heal Collection (Heal,59.10).
Bibliography: ODNB Richard Goddard, Drawing on Copper: the Basire family of copper-plate engravers and their works, Maastricht 2017.

Museum number: 1859,1210.16-21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac BasirePrint made by:George Bickham the Elder |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: A View of the Court erected in Westminster Hall for the Tryal of Simon Lord Lovat |
Museum number: G,3.166 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac BasireAfter:Samuel Wale |
Production date: 1750 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, with the Contiguous Buildings |
Museum number: 1881,0312.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:John PinePrint made by:Isaac Basire |
Production date: 1749 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Title: Plan of the Town and Fortifications of Gibraltar, exactly taken on the Spot in the Year 1738 |
Museum number: 1935,0413.247 |
Producer name: BIOG18615 Print made by:Isaac Basire |
Production date: 1745 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)