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W G Allen

Also known as: W G Allen; primary name: Allen, W G
Details: individual; British; Male
Other dates: 1882-1928 (active)
Address: 55 Great Russell Street (1881) 6 North Crescent, Alfred Place London WC (1885) 7 College Place, Camden Town (1889) 104 Great Russell Street (1889) 37 Crowndale Road (1893) 18 Crowndale Road (1894) 54 Crowndale Road (1895) 115 Camden Street, NW (in 1897) 25 Delancey Street, London NW 178 Hampstead Road, London
Biography: Print dealer. BM purchased prints and some drawings from him from 1882 to 1928.

1,021 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0514.32 |
Producer name: BIOG22898 Drawn by:Charles Louis Clérisseau |
Production date: 1721-1820

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0514.33 |
Producer name: BIOG22898 Drawn by:Charles Louis Clérisseau |
Production date: 1721-1820

drawing

Museum number: 1892,0314.1 |
Producer name: BIOG28115 Drawn by:Henry Fuseli |
Production date: 1779

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0607.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John HoppnerFormerly attributed to:Richard Cosway |
Production date: 1758-1810

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0216.2 |
Producer name: BIOG22433 Drawn by:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1838

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0411.9 |
Producer name: BIOG35389 Drawn by:Richard Principal Leitch |
Production date: 1844-1862

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0514.35 |
Producer name: BIOG51907 Drawn by:Giuseppe Zais |
Production date: 1765-1784

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0514.34 |
Producer name: BIOG49639 Drawn by:Joseph Vernet |
Production date: 1754

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0411.10 |
Producer name: BIOG35389 Drawn by:Richard Principal Leitch |
Production date: 1880-1889

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1886,0607.3 |
Producer name: BIOG47520 Drawn by:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1755-1834

drawing

Museum number: 1885,1010.33 |
Producer name: BIOG18193 Drawn by:Thomas Baker |
Production date: 1809-1869

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1885,1212.3 |
Producer name: BIOG35615 Drawn by:Charles Robert Leslie |
Production date: 1794-1859

drawing

Museum number: 1889,1129.1 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Title: Winchester Cathedral |
Museum number: 1893,0516.41 |
Producer name: BIOG39895 Drawn by:Jane Nasmyth |
Production date: 1803-1830

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0816.1 |
Producer name: BIOG23869 Drawn by:William Cowen |
Production date: 1820

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0531.2 |
Producer name: BIOG35389 Drawn by:Richard Principal Leitch |
Production date: 1844-1862

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0531.4 |
Producer name: BIOG35389 Drawn by:Richard Principal Leitch |
Production date: 1844-1862

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0603.269 |
Producer name: BIOG19524 Drawn by:William Roxby Beverly |
Production date: 1824-1889

drawing

Museum number: 1886,0607.2 |
Producer name: BIOG40113 Drawn by:Gilbert Stuart Newton |
Production date: 1823

drawing

Museum number: 1884,0308.7 |
Producer name: BIOG32367 Drawn by:Ozias Humphry |
Production date: 1742-1810

drawing

Museum number: 1885,1212.1 |
Producer name: BIOG42845 Drawn by:James Baker Pyne |
Production date: 1800-1870

drawing

Museum number: 1882,0513.20 |
Producer name: BIOG42009 Drawn by:Pietro de' Pietri |
Production date: 1678-1716

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0514.36 |
Producer name: BIOG51907 Drawn by:Giuseppe Zais |
Production date: 1765-1784

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0531.3 |
Producer name: BIOG35389 Drawn by:Richard Principal Leitch |
Production date: 1844-1862

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0816.2 |
Producer name: BIOG23869 Drawn by:William Cowen |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Vie et oeuvres des peintres les plus célèbres de toutes les écoles |
Museum number: 1891,0511.388 |
Producer name: Print made by:Eléonore LingéeAfter:Sisto Badalocchio |
Production date: 1813

print; drawing book

Title: Progressive Fragments |
Museum number: 1891,1013.8.2 |
Producer name: BIOG42743 Print made by:Samuel Prout |
Production date: 1817

print

Museum number: 1893,0516.66 |
Producer name: BIOG39896 Print made by:Margaret Nasmyth |
Production date: 1820-1830

print

Museum number: 1893,0516.30 |
Producer name: BIOG39891 Print made by:Alexander Nasmyth |
Production date: 1790-1840

print

Museum number: 1893,0516.70 |
Producer name: BIOG39896 Print made by:Margaret Nasmyth |
Production date: 1820-1830

print

Title: Twelve Heads from Rubens |
Museum number: 1890,0225.2.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Scarlett DavisAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1830

print

Title: Twelve Heads from Rubens |
Museum number: 1890,0225.2.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Scarlett DavisAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1830

print; counterproof

Museum number: 1893,0516.45 |
Producer name: BIOG39895 Print made by:Jane Nasmyth |
Production date: 1825

print

Title: Twelve Heads from Rubens |
Museum number: 1890,0225.2.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Scarlett DavisAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1830

print

Title: Vie et oeuvres des peintres les plus célèbres de toutes les écoles |
Museum number: 1891,0511.359 |
Producer name: Print made by:DorezAfter:Domenichino |
Production date: 1805-1825

print

Title: Dove Dale Sketches of Derbyshire |
Museum number: 1892,0714.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Duffield HardingAfter:Samuel Rayner |
Production date: 1830

print; drawing book

Title: Sandgate boat Twelve Tinted Marine Views |
Museum number: 1890,1013.79 |
Producer name: BIOG42743 Print made by:Samuel Prout |
Production date: 1814

print

Title: Holy Island |
Museum number: 1891,0511.323 |
Producer name: BIOG42743 Print made by:Samuel Prout |
Production date: 1813-1821

print; satirical print

Title: Parson's Head The Happy Marriage |
Museum number: 1893,1115.3 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Chagford Picturesque Delineations in the Counties of Devon |
Museum number: 1890,1013.62 |
Producer name: BIOG42743 Print made by:Samuel Prout |
Production date: 1811

print

Museum number: 1893,0516.21 |
Producer name: BIOG39891 Print made by:Alexander Nasmyth |
Production date: 1790-1840

print

Title: Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire Views of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wal |
Museum number: 1889,1116.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BucklerPrint made by:Richard Reeve |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:Surrey

print

Museum number: 1893,0516.22 |
Producer name: BIOG39891 Print made by:Alexander Nasmyth |
Production date: 1790-1840

print

Title: The Menai Bridge. 1826. |
Museum number: 1891,0511.330 |
Producer name: BIOG18669 Print made by:W Batenham |
Production date: 1826

print

Title: Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford Views of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wal |
Museum number: 1890,1013.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BucklerPrint made by:Richard Reeve |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:Surrey

print

Title: Bow Bridge, old bridge in progress of demolition, 1835 |
Museum number: 1897,0512.44 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1835-1840

print

Museum number: 1897,0512.46 |
Producer name: After:Joseph BarneyPrint made by:John Whessell |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; counterproof

Title: Johns Gate York |
Museum number: 1893,0516.11 |
Producer name: BIOG39894 Print made by:James Nasmyth |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: Lilium bulbiferum Flowers: A Series of Studies from Nature Drawn on |
Museum number: 1899,0713.208.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:AckermannPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lowdore Waterfall Views of the Lake and of the Vale of Keswick |
Museum number: 1894,0417.547.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestallPublished by:Hurst, Robinson & Co |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Windsor Castle, St George's Gate Six Views of Windsor Castle |
Museum number: 1895,0408.39.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestallAfter:S Scarthwaite |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:Windsor

print

Title: South Side of Ely Cathedral (from Cherry Hill) Illustrations of Ely Cathedral |
Museum number: 1897,1213.694.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William SmartAfter:Richard Bankes Harraden |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:Cambridge (England)

print

Title: Fountains Abbey Six views of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire |
Museum number: 1897,1213.693.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis NicholsonPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1819-1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Eton Landscapes by Eminent English Masters |
Museum number: 1891,1013.22 |
Producer name: After:James Baker PynePrint made by:William Gauci |
Production date: 1852 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Fountains Abbey Six views of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire |
Museum number: 1897,1213.693.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis NicholsonPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1819-1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View in Glen Gyle in the head of Loch Katrine Lithographic impressions of sketches from nature |
Museum number: 1892,0714.4.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis NicholsonPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Byland Abbey, in Yorkshire Lithographic impressions of sketches from nature |
Museum number: 1892,0714.4.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis NicholsonPrinted by:George Rowney & Co |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dutch boat. Prout's studies of boats & cost scenery |
Museum number: 1890,1013.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Henricus van Baelen Sketches after Anthony Van Dyck |
Museum number: 1895,0408.46.12 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckPrint made by:Edward Mitchell |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Edinburgh

print

Title: At Brighton Prout's studies of boats & cost scenery |
Museum number: 1890,1013.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lithographic impressions of sketches from nature |
Museum number: 1892,0714.4.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis NicholsonPrinted by:George Rowney & Co |
Production date: 1820-1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lithographic impressions of sketches from nature |
Museum number: 1892,0714.4.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis NicholsonPrinted by:George Rowney & Co |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Progressive Fragments |
Museum number: 1890,1013.60.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Impatiens Balsamina Flowers: A Series of Studies from Nature Drawn on |
Museum number: 1899,0713.208.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:AckermannPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Rudiments of landscape: in progressive studies. |
Museum number: 1890,1013.59.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Finished Effect Colour'd Rudiments of Landscape Drawing, in a Series of Eas |
Museum number: 1894,0417.544.5 |
Producer name: After:William Henry PynePrinted by:Lancelot Harrison |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1895,0408.42.1-14 |
Producer name: Print made by:David CoxAfter:David Cox |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: A New Drawing Book of Heads from the Cartoons in the Queens Palace |
Museum number: 1897,0512.52.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas A E ChambarsAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Queen's College, Birmigham |
Museum number: 1891,1013.28 |
Producer name: BIOG32385 Published by:George Hunt |
Production date: 19th century

print

Title: Conway |
Museum number: 1891,0511.337 |
Producer name: After:George PickeringPrint made by:Paul Gauci |
Production date: 1826-1833 |
Production place: Published in:Chester (Cheshire)

print

Title: Casperius Gevartius Sketches after Anthony Van Dyck |
Museum number: 1895,0408.46.3 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckPrint made by:Edward Mitchell |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:Edinburgh

print; drawing book

Title: The School of Art |
Museum number: 1891,0511.316.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gabriel SmithPublished by:John Bowles |
Production date: 1765 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sir George Clerk Bart. of Pennicuick. |
Museum number: 1911,0412.160 |
Producer name: After:William DycePrint made by:Thomas Lupton |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:Edinburgh

print

Museum number: 1899,0713.195 |
Producer name: After:John Robert CozensPrint made by:Samuel Alken |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Studies of Rustic Figures |
Museum number: 1893,1115.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Sidney CooperPrinted by:A Ducôte |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book

Title: Characteristic Portraits of Animals |
Museum number: 1896,0511.458.1-30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerPublished by:Moon, Boys & Graves |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Durham |
Museum number: 1892,0714.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Frederick NashPrinted by:Godefroy Engelmann I |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Progressive Lessons on Landscape for Young Beginners |
Museum number: 1899,0420.118.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:David CoxPublished by:S & J Fuller |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Andernach. Interiors |
Museum number: 1890,1013.58.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Glastonbury. Interiors |
Museum number: 1890,1013.58.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View near Hastings |
Museum number: 1899,0713.202 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel AlkenAfter:Edward Dayes |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: At Crowland. A series of views of ancient buildings, and rural |
Museum number: 1903,0408.37.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: At Deal. Prout's studies of boats & cost scenery |
Museum number: 1890,1013.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Rudiments of Landscape Drawing, in a Series of Easy Examples |
Museum number: 1894,0417.544.14 |
Producer name: After:William Henry PynePrinted by:Lancelot Harrison |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Progressive Fragments |
Museum number: 1890,1013.60.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: St. Vincent rock, near Bristol Lithographic impressions of sketches from nature |
Museum number: 1892,0714.4.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis NicholsonPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mexico, view of the Great Square, and Cathedral |
Museum number: 1892,0314.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Gilson ReeveAfter:George Ackermann |
Production date: 1826-1889 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rachel |
Museum number: 1906,0419.112 |
Producer name: Printed by:J GrafPublished by:John Mitchell |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: At Deal Prout's studies of boats & cost scenery |
Museum number: 1890,1013.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Roslin Lithographic impressions of sketches from nature |
Museum number: 1892,0714.4.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis NicholsonPrinted by:George Rowney & Co |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Gate of Judgment Views in the Alhambra |
Museum number: 1898,0520.1043.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestallAfter:James Bucknall Bucknal Estcourt |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Progressive Fragments |
Museum number: 1891,1013.8.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Fountains Abbey Six views of Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire |
Museum number: 1897,1213.693.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis NicholsonPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1819-1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Papaver somniferum Flowers: A Series of Studies from Nature Drawn on |
Museum number: 1899,0713.208.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:AckermannPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Lessons on Drawing Trees |
Museum number: 1891,1013.4.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:George HarleyAfter:George Harley |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1899,0713.189 |
Producer name: After:Rev William GilpinPrint made by:Samuel Alken |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Progressive Fragments |
Museum number: 1890,1013.60.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Title: Rudiments of landscape: in progressive studies. |
Museum number: 1895,0408.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel ProutPublished by:Ackermann |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Generalife from the Queen's Tocador Views in the Alhambra |
Museum number: 1898,0520.1043.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestallAfter:James Bucknall Bucknal Estcourt |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Winchester Cathedral |
Museum number: 1893,0516.44 |
Producer name: BIOG39895 Print made by:Jane Nasmyth |
Production date: 1803-1830

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