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Richard Ford

Also known as: Richard Ford; primary name: Ford, Richard
Details: individual; collector; author/poet; British; Male
Life dates: 1796-1858
Biography: Traveller to Spain; collector of prints and drawings, especially prints after Parmigianino and Correggio; amateur etcher and draughtsman; married Harriet Capel (q.v.) - also an amateur etcher - in 1830. Writer of a guide book to Spain. He offered his collection for sale to the BM but only the Correggio section was acquired through Colnaghi for £250 (see 1837,0408.14 to 669). Much of the Parmigianino collection followed in 1851, purchased from Messrs Evans (1851,0308.782 to 1101), contained in two albums - now dismembered - and some loose sheets).
Bibliography: Lugt 2208 Lugt 2209 (typically found on prints after Correggio, but not exclusively) Lugt 937 (signature) Walpole Society LX (Ford collection) T.Bean, 'RF as picture collector and patron in Spain', Burlington Magazine, 137 1995, pp.96-105 (correspondence with Dominic Colnaghi)

1,016 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1862,0208.1 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1700-1760

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.738 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 Drawn by:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1524-1530

drawing

Museum number: 1851,0308.925 |
Producer name: BIOG41167 After:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1518-1540

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.658 |
Producer name: BIOG52059 Drawn by:Federico Zuccaro |
Production date: 1557-1609

print

Title: Illustriss. et potentiss. Lodovicus XIII D. G. Galliae et Navarrae Rex Christianiss. |
Museum number: 1949,0124.19 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Thomas CocksonPublished by:Compton Holland |
Production date: 1616

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.932 |
Producer name: BIOG26854 Attributed to:Angelo Falconetto |
Production date: 1550-1567

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.424 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1800

print

Title: Celeberrimi Francisci Mazzola Parmensis Graphides |
Museum number: 1851,0308.812 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1788

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.351 |
Producer name: Print made by:Saint-MorysAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1788

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.548 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael MorghenAfter:Ignaz Unterberger |
Production date: 1795

print

Title: Le mariage de Ste Catherine Galerie du Palais Royal |
Museum number: 1837,0408.166 |
Producer name: Print made by:François GuibertAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1786-1808

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.857 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista FrulliAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1780-1800

print

Title: Antonius de Alegris Corrigiensis |
Museum number: 1837,0408.18 |
Producer name: BIOG187329 After:Giovanni Francesco Bugatti |
Production date: 1680-1720

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.543 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Cooper IIAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1763-1764

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.318 |
Producer name: Print made by:Tommaso PiroliAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1767-1824

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cristofano BertelliAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1500-1600

print

Title: Set of fifteen plates after frescoes by Correggio |
Museum number: 1837,0408.487 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista VanniAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1642

print

Title: Jesus Christ espouse Ste Catherine |
Museum number: 1837,0408.175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne PicartAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1665-1700

print

Title: Repos de la S. Famille |
Museum number: 1837,0408.383 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Charles Gautier-DagotyAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1770-1787

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.1577 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolò VicentinoFormerly attributed to:Ugo da Carpi |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BrizioAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1589-1623

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.197 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 After:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 17thc

print

Title: Theatrum Artis Pictoriae |
Museum number: 1837,0408.562 |
Producer name: Print made by:Anton Joseph PrennerAfter:Francesco Furini |
Production date: 1728

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.859 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1780-1800

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.844 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista FrulliAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1780-1800

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.893 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hendrick van der Borcht the YoungerAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1637

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.101 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1780-1820

print

Title: Le più insigni pitture parmensi |
Museum number: 1837,0408.271 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1809

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.831 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1780-1800

print; album

Museum number: M,41.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard FordAfter:Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone |
Production date: 1820-1830

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.618 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 After:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 18thC |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; counterproof

Title: Cupola of the Duomo at Parma |
Museum number: 1837,0408.500 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista VanniAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1642

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.55 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 After:Antonio Correggio

print

Title: Madonna and Child |
Museum number: 1837,0408.579 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gerhard HuckAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1780-1811

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.162 |
Producer name: Print made by:Angelica KauffmanAfter:Guido Reni |
Production date: 1762-1770s

print; counterproof

Title: Cupola of the Duomo at Parma |
Museum number: 1837,0408.503 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista VanniAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1642

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.420 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1800

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.370 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Wynne RylandAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1762 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1862,0712.441 |
Producer name: BIOG45320 Print made by:Andrea Meldolla, called Schiavone |
Production date: 1540-1563

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.292 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne PicartAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1672

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.153 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giorgio GhisiAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1575 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; title-page

Title: Ric. Wilson Etchings, from the Works of Richard Wilson |
Museum number: 1854,0708.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:Captain Thomas HastingsAfter:Sir George Beaumont |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Quadro dipinto da Antonio Allegri detto il Correggio |
Museum number: 1837,0408.638 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuseppe AsioliAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1798-1845

print

Museum number: 1919,0415.324 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1780-1840

print

Title: Kew Palace, as seen from Brentford |
Museum number: 1912,0319.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas SutherlandAfter:John Gendall |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1919,0415.291 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1780-1840

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.320 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ferdinando GregoriAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1758-1804

print; album

Museum number: M,41.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard FordAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1821-1830

print

Title: Dilectus meus mihi et ego illi |
Museum number: 1837,0408.576 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico CorviAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1736-1803

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.333 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ignazio PavonAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1805-1858

print

Title: Christi deprecatio in monte Oliveti |
Museum number: 1837,0408.248 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philipp Andreas KilianAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1730-1759

print

Title: Celeberrimi Francisci Mazzola Parmensis Graphides |
Museum number: 1851,0308.785 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cesare Massimiliano GiniAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Antoine Corrége |
Museum number: 1837,0408.23 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.218 |
Producer name: After:Antonio CorreggioIntermediary draughtsman:Lorenzo Pasinelli

print

Title: Le più insigni pitture parmensi |
Museum number: 1837,0408.95 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1809

print

Museum number: 1919,0415.627 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1780-1840

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.274 |
Producer name: After:Antonio CorreggioPrint made by:Francesco Dus |
Production date: 17thC

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.901 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hendrick van der Borcht the YoungerAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1637

print

Title: La Madonna detta del Coniglio, o La Zingarella |
Museum number: 1837,0408.120 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carlo Antonio PorporatiAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1756-1816

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.432 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1800

print

Title: Hofbibliothek zu Wien |
Museum number: 1851,0308.956 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adam BartschAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Set of fifteen plates after frescoes by Correggio |
Museum number: 1837,0408.650 |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico Maria BonaveraAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1697

print; album

Museum number: M,41.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard FordAfter:Valerio Castello |
Production date: 1830

print

Title: Celeberrimi Francisci Mazzola Parmensis Graphides |
Museum number: 1851,0308.800 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1788

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.273 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista VanniAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1638

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.355 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 After:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 18thC

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.235 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carl RahlAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1785-1843

print

Title: L'homme sensuel Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1837,0408.281 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Claude François VillereyPrint made by:Louis Yves Quéverdo |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.1070 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio Maria Zanetti IAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1722 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Le Mariage de S.te Catherine |
Museum number: 1837,0408.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Claude François VillereyPrint made by:Auguste Villerey |
Production date: 1780-1846

print

Title: Antonius De Coriggio Omnium Pictorum Princeps |
Museum number: 1837,0408.15 |
Producer name: BIOG24223 Print made by:Bernardino Curti |
Production date: 1640-1679

print

Title: Il suo figlio Gesù bacia Maria |
Museum number: 1837,0408.574 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro BetteliniAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1790-1820 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Henry Ir. Duc de Guise |
Museum number: 1922,0410.129 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charlotte De RosAfter:Frans Pourbus II |
Production date: 1800-1823

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.822 |
Producer name: BIOG41002 After:Palma Giovane |
Production date: 1550-1750

print; book-illustration

Title: Entrada del nuestro catholico monarca el S. D. Felipe V, su real familia, y comitiva |
Museum number: 1866,1208.638 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pedro TortoleroPublished by:Florencio Joseph de Blas y Quesada |
Production date: 1738 1748 |
Production place: Published in:Seville (city)

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.539 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 After:Antonio Correggio

print

Title: Magdalena |
Museum number: 1837,0408.146 |
Producer name: Print made by:Filippo CaporaliAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1809-1848

print

Museum number: 1864,0714.71 |
Producer name: BIOG41167 Print made by:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1503-1540

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.1054 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Bernard PicartAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1732

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.392 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas EdelinckAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1708

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.1033 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio da TrentoAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1527-1530

print

Museum number: 1851,0308.853 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cesare Massimiliano GiniAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1780-1800

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco Faraone AquilaAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1691

print

Title: Le piu insigni pitture parmensi |
Museum number: 1837,0408.473 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1809

print; almanac

Title: View from the Ruins of Hertford College The Oxford Almanac |
Museum number: 1912,0319.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph SkeltonAfter:Frederick Mackenzie |
Production date: 1825

print

Title: Pitture di Antonio Allegri detto il Correggio |
Museum number: 1837,0408.447 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1800

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.305 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johnson, JAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1743

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.665 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giacomo Maria GiovanniniAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1698 |
Production place: Published in:Parma (city)

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.84 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 After:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1589

print

Title: Disegni originali d'eccellenti pittori esistenti nella R.Galleria di Firenze |
Museum number: 1851,0308.1062 |
Producer name: Print made by:Stefano MulinariAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1774

print

Title: Disegni originali d'eccellenti pittori esistenti nella R.Galleria di Firenze |
Museum number: 1851,0308.804 |
Producer name: Print made by:Stefano MulinariAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1774

print

Title: Le bain de Leda |
Museum number: 1837,0408.325 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edme BovinetAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1782-1837

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.217 |
Producer name: BIOG23691 After:Antonio Correggio

print

Museum number: 1919,0415.566 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco RosaspinaAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1780-1840

print

Museum number: 1837,0408.342 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gaspard DuchangeAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1722

print

Title: Mater Amabilis |
Museum number: 1837,0408.375 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro TrasmondiAfter:Antonio Correggio |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

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