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William Hookham Carpenter

Also known as: William Hookham Carpenter; primary name: Carpenter, William Hookham
Details: individual; printmaker; curator; British; Male
Life dates: 1792-1866
Address: Bruton Street, London (born in) Lower Brook Street, London (in 1821) Old Bond Street, London (in 1824)
Biography: Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum (1845-66) and etcher; collector of Old Master prints, drawings and paintings. In 1817 William Carpenter married the portraitist Margaret Sarah Geddes (Margaret Sarah Carpenter, q.v.). Son of James Carpenter, the publisher (qv), and initially in business as a publisher himself. Both father and son were admirers of Constable: James bt 'The Lock' in 1826, while William bt in the 1830s the 'View on the Stour, near Dedham' (Huntington), exhibited at RA in 1822 and Salon in 1824.
Bibliography: Lugt 2626 DNB R.B.Beckett, 'John Constable's Correspondence IV 1966, pp.135-52 - Some information on the Carpenter family is in Donald C.Whitton, 'The Grays of Salisbury', 1976

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Title: A first rate man of war, taken from the Dock Yard Plymouth |
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Museum number: 1867,0309.1719 |
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Museum number: 1867,0309.1760.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BurnetPublished by:William Hookham Carpenter |
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Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Museum number: 1867,0309.1775 |
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Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Childishness Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man Illustrated |
Museum number: 1848,1221.108 |
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Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Going to White's |
Museum number: 1852,1116.573 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard DightonAfter:Richard Dighton |
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Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Achilles Pacatus History of Achilles |
Museum number: 1867,1214.1584 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Bernard Baron |
Production date: 1724 1767-1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,0610.717 |
Producer name: After:Antonio CorreggioPrint made by:Ferdinand Joubert |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: The Father of the Corporation of Oxford. Omnibus carus. |
Museum number: 1848,1221.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert DightonAfter:Robert Dighton |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Achilles Detectus History of Achilles |
Museum number: 1867,1214.1581 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Bernard Baron |
Production date: 1724 1767-1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: The golden ball |
Museum number: 1852,1116.577 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard DightonAfter:Richard Dighton |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Achilles Armatus History of Achilles |
Museum number: 1867,1214.1582 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:Bernard Baron |
Production date: 1724 1767-1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Museum number: 1867,0309.1834 |
Producer name: BIOG84867 Published by:John Murray |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: A view from Jesus College, Oxford. |
Museum number: 1848,1221.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert DightonAfter:Robert Dighton |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Entrance Gate into Conway, North West |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1772 |
Producer name: Print made by:David CoxPublished by:S & J Fuller |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1759 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BurnetPublished by:William Hookham Carpenter |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: A view from the horse guards |
Museum number: 1852,1116.580 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard DightonAfter:Richard Dighton |
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Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: A View of Covent Garden from the Church Portico |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1832 |
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Museum number: 1867,0309.1844 |
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Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Museum number: 1848,1221.45 |
Producer name: After:Robert DightonPublished by:Robert Dighton |
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Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Infant Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man Illustrated |
Museum number: 1848,1221.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: Byng-go |
Museum number: 1852,1116.576 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard DightonAfter:Richard Dighton |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: The Trial of Queen Victoria |
Museum number: 1852,1116.557 |
Producer name: BIOG155678 Published by:Henry Beal |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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Title: A noble student of Oxford. |
Museum number: 1848,1221.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert DightonAfter:Robert Dighton |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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