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Thomas Creswick

Also known as: Thomas Creswick; primary name: Creswick, Thomas
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1811-1869
Address: Addresses from Graves, Royal Academy Exhibitors: 7 Upper Edmund Street, St Pancras (1828) 50 Penton Place, Pentonville (1829-33) 11 Henry Street, Pentonville (1834-35) 7 Linden Grove, Bayswater (1836) 8 Linden Grove, Kensington Gravel Pits (1837-70)
Biography: Victorian rural landscape painter, etcher and draughtsman on wood; born in Yorkshire, pupil of John Barber in Birmingham, studied and worked in London; elected RA in 1851.
Bibliography: - R.K.Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers,' 1985 - R K Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and Their Works', 1979- DNB

155 related objects

book; print; drawing

Title: Switzerland. Illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett |
Museum number: 1958,0712.3008.1-76 |
Producer name: After:William Henry BartlettAfter:Friedrich Wilhelm Moritz |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

book; print

Title: Switzerland. Illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett |
Museum number: 1958,0712.3007.1-64 |
Producer name: After:William Henry BartlettAfter:Jean-Emmanuel Locher |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1912,0513.13 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Drawn by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1811-1869

drawing

Museum number: 1912,0513.12 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Drawn by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1811-1869

drawing

Museum number: 1912,0513.14 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Drawn by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1811-1869

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1861,0518.213 |
Producer name: Published by:James BurnsPrinted by:Robson, Levey, and Franklyn |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1853,0212.188 |
Producer name: Published by:James BurnsPrinted by:Robson, Levey, and Franklyn |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.964 |
Producer name: BIOG218695 Published by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1820-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.114 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickBlock cut by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.270 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1842-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.108 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickBlock cut by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1857

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.4231 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William WallisAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1826-1869

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0110.65 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Robert William Wallis |
Production date: 1853-1856

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1881,0108.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1847

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1855,1208.5 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Louis Marvy |
Production date: 1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Ehrenbreitstein |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4738 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1833-1834

print; book-illustration

Title: A Roughish Road by the Loch side |
Museum number: 1881,0108.27 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1838-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: The village churchyard |
Museum number: 1926,0331.115 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CousenAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1826-1880

print

Museum number: 1887,0801.56.1-60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert BrandardPrint made by:Samuel Fisher |
Production date: 1829-1850

print

Museum number: 1878,0713.1368 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1839

print

Title: Killaloe on the Shannon, Clare |
Museum number: 1981,U.2701 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry WallisAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1826-1870

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1893,1115.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas JeavonsPrint made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.110 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1842-1862

print; book-illustration

Title: Delphi |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4699 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1830-1857

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1996,1104.13 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasAfter:Frederick William Keyl |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1979,0407.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.263 |
Producer name: After:Charles West CopeAfter:William Dyce |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.201.b |
Producer name: After:Henry Courtney SelousAfter:William Paton Burton |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A Dream of the Future |
Museum number: 1874,0110.345 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles CousenAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1865

print

Title: Armagh |
Museum number: 1981,U.2714 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FisherAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1826-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1898,1112.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FisherAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1837

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4857 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Brighton / Sussex |
Museum number: 1981,U.2520 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1826-1857

print; book of prints

Title: The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith |
Museum number: 1856,0209.1574-1650 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrint made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4852 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Title: Newstead Abbey |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4686 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1830-1857

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.269 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Joseph Lionel Williams |
Production date: 1842

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4887 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.268 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Joseph Lionel Williams |
Production date: 1842-1850

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1868,0822.7820 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward RadclyffeAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; portfolio

Title: Songs of Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1857,1114.9-25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Etching ClubPrint made by:John Bell |
Production date: 1843 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; bookplate

Title: Scrap Book |
Museum number: 1992,0406.298.1-110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WilliamsPrint made by:Mary Ann Williams |
Production date: 1830-1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Lismore Castle |
Museum number: 1926,0331.728 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Samuel Fisher |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1011.130 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Falls of Doonas, / Limerick. |
Museum number: 1926,0331.344 |
Producer name: Print made by:John James HinchliffeAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1827-1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1978,U.1865 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Edward Radclyffe |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Shade of the Beech Trees |
Museum number: 1856,0913.120 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickBlock cut by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Sunset Hour |
Museum number: 1857,0613.1017 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Harvey Orrin Smith |
Production date: 1852 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; bill-head

Museum number: Heal,91.17 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800

print; title-page

Title: The Birth Place of Burns |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2322 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CousenAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Castle Campbell Scotland Delineated |
Museum number: 1863,0214.1506 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:James Duffield Harding |
Production date: 1847-1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4891 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4875 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4896 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.266 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1842-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.271 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1842

print

Title: Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.102 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1839

print

Title: Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.96 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Title: Chillon |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4736 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1830-1857

print

Museum number: 1860,0811.3 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0110.60 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Robert William Wallis |
Production date: 1853-1856

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1881,0108.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1847

print

Title: Glendalough in the County of Wicklow |
Museum number: 1981,U.2743 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward RadclyffeAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1826-1860

print

Title: Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.93 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1838

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,0520.482 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 After:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1828-1865

print

Title: At Helmsley, Yorkshire. Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.99 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1838

print

Title: St Mawes - Cornwall |
Museum number: 1981,U.659 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Carr ArmytageAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 19th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0110.62 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:John Cousen |
Production date: 1853-1856

print; illustrated book

Title: L'Allegro |
Museum number: 1861,1214.651-681 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrinted by:Gad & Co |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Lismore Castle |
Museum number: 1926,0331.206 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel FisherAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1011.137 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1896,1230.165 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1896,1230.163 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Evening on the Common Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.935 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPublished by:Art Union of London |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1868,0822.4847 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; book of prints

Museum number: 1861,0518.487-558 |
Producer name: Published by:Day & CoPrinted by:Day & Co |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Glasgow

print; book-illustration

Title: Corston Church Yard |
Museum number: 1926,0331.188 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.267 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph Lionel WilliamsAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1842-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4869 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.263 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Joseph Lionel Williams |
Production date: 1842-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.264 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Joseph Lionel Williams |
Production date: 1844

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sugar Loaf Mountain in the Hudson |
Museum number: 1926,0331.448 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward RadclyffeAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Title: In the Weald of Kent |
Museum number: 1934,0113.83 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 After:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1828-1852

print

Museum number: 1892,0314.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Dewell Scott |
Production date: 1839-1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.107 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1857

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.113 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1842-1862

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.111 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1842-1862

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.621 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Thomas WilliamsAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.963 |
Producer name: BIOG218695 Published by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1820-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,1013.11 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1842

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0526.186 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1842-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4877 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; playing-card

Museum number: 1896,0501.962 |
Producer name: BIOG218695 Published by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1820-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.4230 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William WallisAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1826-1869

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0110.64 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:James Tibbetts Willmore |
Production date: 1853-1856

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.4232 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William WallisAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1826-1869

print

Title: The Way to Church |
Museum number: 1850,0131.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph Clayton BentleyAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1849

print

Title: The Blacksmith Shop Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Title: Evening |
Museum number: 1913,0524.263 |
Producer name: After:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:Samuel Lacey |
Production date: 1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1878,0713.1369 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1847

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