Collections Online | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

Joseph Collyer

Also known as: Joseph Collyer; primary name: Collyer, Joseph
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1748-1827
Address: No. 7 White Lion Row, Islington (in 1780, 1786, 1789) Dorrington Street, Cold Bath Fields (1790 and 1793) Constitution Row, Gray's Inn Road (1798) 8, Constitution Row, Gray's Inn Lane (1799)
Biography: Engraver, mostly employed in book illustration, sometimes published his own work. Associate engraver of RA in 1786; later portrait engraver to Queen Charlotte and master warden of the Stationers' Company. Died at the age of 80, 'retaining his faculties to the last'.
Bibliography: Obituary Gentleman's Magazine, 1828, p.184.

323 related objects

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1871,0812.2369-2386 |
Producer name: Print made by:Simon François Ravenet IAfter:Francis Hayman |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: His Majesty's ship the Grafton |
Museum number: 1872,0113.1173 |
Producer name: BIOG23351 Print made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1779

print

Title: The defeat of the French fleet |
Museum number: 1872,0113.1182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Carington Bowles |
Production date: 1779

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3559 |
Producer name: After:Michael Angelo RookerPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1770s-1800

print

Title: Rev.d Robert Storry. |
Museum number: 1923,0514.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Edward Hastings |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:Great Tey

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1870,0709.814 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1780

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3564 |
Producer name: After:Michael Angelo RookerPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1770s-1800

print

Title: The Rev. George Pattrick LL. B. |
Museum number: 1875,0508.717 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1800

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3551 |
Producer name: After:Michael Angelo RookerPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1783

print; book-illustration

Title: Benvenutus Cellini / Florentinus / Sculptore Aurifaber |
Museum number: 1889,0409.165 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Giorgio Vasari |
Production date: 1780-1827

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3556 |
Producer name: After:Michael Angelo RookerPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1770s-1800

print; book-illustration

Title: David Garrick Esqr. |
Museum number: I,8.144 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1776

print; book-illustration

Title: Denham |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1165 |
Producer name: BIOG23351 Print made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1779-1781

print; book-illustration

Title: Lady Banks |
Museum number: Mm,1.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Sir Joseph Banks Bart. |
Museum number: Mm,1.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1789

print

Title: Paul Whitehead, Esqr. |
Museum number: Ee,4.162 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1776

print

Title: Michel de Montagne |
Museum number: 1889,0409.318 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Étienne Ficquet |
Production date: 1772-1827

print; book-illustration

Title: George Allan Esqr F.A.S. William Hutchinson Esqr. F.A.S. |
Museum number: K,67.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Kay |
Production date: 1814

print

Title: Sir Wm. Young Bart. F.R.S. M.P. |
Museum number: Q,2.127 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Brown |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Michel de Montagne |
Museum number: 1901,1022.642 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Étienne Ficquet |
Production date: 1775

print

Title: Winter's Tale Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3463 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Winter's Tale Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3464 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3555 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Michael Angelo Rooker |
Production date: 1762-1827

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.6160 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Michael Angelo Rooker |
Production date: 1762-1827

print; frontispiece

Title: William Whitehead Esqr. Poet Laureat |
Museum number: 1889,0409.156 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:William Doughty |
Production date: 1787

print; book-illustration

Title: Lady Banks |
Museum number: Mm,1.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Lyttelton |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1171 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1773-1827

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.520 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1803

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1875,0710.3694 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Robert Earl of Orford. |
Museum number: K,68.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Jacob Houbraken |
Production date: 1763-1827

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1853,1210.121 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: The Right Honble John, Earl Ligonier |
Museum number: 1831,0531.12 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1763-1827

print

Title: René Descartes |
Museum number: K,67.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Étienne Ficquet |
Production date: 1775-1813

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3552 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Michael Angelo Rooker |
Production date: 1762-1827

print; book-illustration

Title: Denham |
Museum number: 1889,0409.47 |
Producer name: BIOG23351 Print made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1779-1781

print

Title: Franciscus Josephus Pahud de Valangin, M.D. |
Museum number: 1893,0123.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Lemuel Francis Abbott |
Production date: 1768-1800

print

Title: King John signing Magna Carta |
Museum number: 1978,U.2017 |
Producer name: BIOG23351 Print made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1780

print

Museum number: 1913,0413.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1790s-1827

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3566 |
Producer name: After:Michael Angelo RookerPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1770s-1800

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3563 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Michael Angelo Rooker |
Production date: 1762-1827

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0311.1175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1762-1827

print

Title: Venus |
Museum number: 1840,0808.133 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1786

print

Title: Her Royal Highness Princess Louisa |
Museum number: 1852,1009.743 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Johann P Bardou |
Production date: 1790-1827 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

print

Museum number: 1875,0410.120 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:George Engleheart |
Production date: 1810

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1838,0425.29 |
Producer name: BIOG23351 Print made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1763-1827

print

Title: Philip Dormer Stanhope / Earl of Chesterfield. |
Museum number: K,67.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Isaac Gosset |
Production date: 1765-1799

print

Title: La Fontaine |
Museum number: K,67.175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Étienne Ficquet |
Production date: 1763-1827

print

Museum number: 1850,0211.408 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1788

print; frontispiece

Title: William Whitehead Esqr. Poet Laureat |
Museum number: 1837,0513.212 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:William Doughty |
Production date: 1787

print; book-illustration

Title: Lady Banks |
Museum number: Mm,1.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1790

print

Title: Henry IV, Part 2 Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1887,0613.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1791-1802

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1849,0721.940-942 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1794

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3126 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1803

print

Title: November |
Museum number: 1859,0709.1919 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1762-1827

print

Museum number: 1849,0721.719 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1789

print; book-illustration

Title: Much Ado About Nothing Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5477 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Philip James de Loutherbourg |
Production date: 1784

print

Museum number: 1873,0712.707 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Samuel Medley |
Production date: 1784-1827

print; trade-card

Museum number: Heal,68.70 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A Man of Otaheitee in a Mourning Dress |
Museum number: 1933,0713.7 |
Producer name: After:William EllisPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Venus |
Museum number: 1838,0714.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1786

print

Title: Robert Earl of Orford. |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1989 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Jacob Houbraken |
Production date: 1763-1827

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3558 |
Producer name: After:Michael Angelo RookerPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1770s-1800

print; book-illustration

Title: The Honble. Augustus Keppel, / Admiral of the Blue. |
Museum number: 1872,0113.1166 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: James Earl of Cardigan, |
Museum number: 1859,0709.1278 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: C,2.175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1807

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1849,0721.116-119 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Ross Island in the lake of Killarney, from Innisfa The Virtuosi's Museum |
Museum number: 1870,1008.462 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1849,0721.129-131 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:William Walker |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Nicholas Boileau Despreaux |
Museum number: K,67.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Farren |
Museum number: K,59.201 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Downman |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Sir Joseph Banks Bart. |
Museum number: Q,2.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William, Earl of Mansfield |
Museum number: 1889,0409.94 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: S.r Cloudesley Shovel Kn.t |
Museum number: 1980,U.778 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Michael Dahl |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Dodd in the character of Clodio |
Museum number: K,59.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John James Barralet |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rev.d Rowland Hill, A.M. |
Museum number: 1837,0513.111 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0721.672-676 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The giving of the law Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.202 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss P. Hopkins in the character of Miss Peggy |
Museum number: K,61.157 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Daniel Dodd |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Ross Island in the lake of Killarney, from Innisfa The Virtuosi's Museum |
Museum number: 1904,0819.967.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Ladies in the Dresses of 1780 A View of the Camp in St,, James's Park, 1780 |
Museum number: 1849,0721.71-72 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1780

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1849,0721.67-68 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: C,2.173 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1811

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1865,0114.610 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Sir Martin Archer Shee |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Procession of Queen Elizabeth to St. Paul's Cathedral |
Museum number: 1872,1109.148 |
Producer name: After:Daniel DoddPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1787-1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rev.d Richard Cecil, M.A. |
Museum number: 1913,0413.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sir Charles Grey K.B. |
Museum number: 1838,0425.154 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Ee,5.35 |
Producer name: After:Edward EdwardsPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical; album

Museum number: 1881,0312.332-365 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1783-1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rev.d Richard Cecil, M.A. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1412 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1849,0721.318-319 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Paul Whitehead, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1837,0513.125 |
Producer name: After:Thomas GainsboroughPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.3414 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Alexander Pope Esqr. |
Museum number: K,63.40 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Melmoth in the character of Q. Elizabeth |
Museum number: K,62.123 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Daniel Dodd |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A General View of the City of Paris, taken from an Eminence in the Village of Chaillot |
Museum number: 1937,0424.30 |
Producer name: BIOG23351 Print made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1765-1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Philip Earl of Hardwicke. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.666 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:William Hoare of Bath |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Garrick in the Character of Tancred |
Museum number: Ee,5.32 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Isaac Taylor (I) |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr. Bensley in the character of Pierre. |
Museum number: K,57.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Duke of Montagu, |
Museum number: 1859,0709.1419 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Felina |
Museum number: 1840,0808.119 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Joseph Collyer |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

Free entry

Opening hours