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John Greenwood

Header: John Greenwood
Also known as: John Greenwood; primary name: Greenwood, John
Details: individual; dealer/auction house; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; American (USA); Male
Life dates: 1727-1792
Address: Leicester Square, London (1785)
Biography: Portrait and landscape painter, mezzotinter and auctioneer; b.Boston (America) 1727; d. Margate 1792; apprenticed to engraver; to Surinam in 1752-7; in Amsterdam 1758 where trained as mezzotinter under Elgersma; to London via Paris in 1763; remained in England until his death; exhibited SA 1764-76; from c. 1773 worked primarily as an auctioneer rather than printmaker, becoming one of the principal London dealers in old master paintings.
Bibliography: DNB

105 related objects

bus ticket

Museum number: 1870,0507.4762 |
Authority: BIOG91644 Issuer:John Greenwood |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Minted in:Manchester (England)

bus ticket

Museum number: 1870,0507.4763 |
Authority: BIOG91644 Issuer:John Greenwood |
Production date: 19thC |
Production place: Minted in:Manchester (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.353 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.346 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.352 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.343 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.332 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.350 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.341 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.251 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.335 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.28 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1780s

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.355 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.16 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.14 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.338 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.349 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.342 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.337 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.20 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.336 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.22 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.351 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.255 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.254 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.23 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.24 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.252 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.339 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.25 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.356 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.345 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.19 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.18 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.344 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.15 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.340 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.331 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.357 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.21 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.253 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.333 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.348 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1879,0510.417 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.27 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1758

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.334 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.354 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.29 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1727-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.347 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1742-1792

drawing

Museum number: 1866,0714.26 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Drawn by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1781

print

Title: The Reverend Mr George Whitefield, AM |
Museum number: 1927,1008.370 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1758-1770s

print

Title: Mr Ino Greenwood |
Museum number: 1950,0520.151 |
Producer name: BIOG41721 Print made by:William Pether |
Production date: 1792

print; book-illustration

Title: Pax Artium Nutrix |
Museum number: S,6.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1787

print

Title: Rembrandt's Father |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2408 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1868,0808.2656 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Willem van Herp |
Production date: 1760

print

Title: Tobias |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2157 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1760s-1770s

print

Title: The Reverend Mr George Whitefield, AM |
Museum number: 1859,0709.1524 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1758-1770s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1878,0608.172-260 |
Producer name: Published by:Autotype CompanyAfter:Samuel Bellin |
Production date: 1878 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2316 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Gabriel Metsu |
Production date: 1742-1792 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Title: Mr Ino Greenwood |
Museum number: 1852,0214.319 |
Producer name: BIOG41721 Print made by:William Pether |
Production date: 1792

print; book-illustration

Title: Pax Artium Nutrix |
Museum number: 1934,0911.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1787

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2318 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1742-1792

print; book-illustration

Title: Pax Artium Nutrix |
Museum number: 1839,0413.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1787

print

Museum number: 1879,0510.423 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Print made by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1767-1792

print

Title: Simon Fokke |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2400 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Jacobus Buys |
Production date: 1761-1763

print

Museum number: 1870,1008.2616 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Joseph Livesey |
Production date: mid 19th century

print

Museum number: 1938,1112.39 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nicolaas Verkolje |
Production date: 1758-1763

print; book-illustration

Title: Pax Artium Nutrix |
Museum number: 1917,1208.944 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1787

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2317 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Frans van Mieris I |
Production date: 1742-1792

print

Title: The Penitent |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2014 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodPublished by:Robert Sayer |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1870,1008.1048 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1928,0313.350 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Print made by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1758-1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1866,1110.1453 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Wesley, MA, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford |
Museum number: 1877,0811.817 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Wesley, MA, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2405 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Ino Greenwood |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3634 |
Producer name: BIOG41721 Print made by:William Pether |
Production date: 1792

print

Museum number: 1866,1110.1476 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Willem van Herp |
Production date: 1760

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.2456 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1743-1792

print

Title: The honble Lieutt General Sherard, Coll of His Majesty's 69th Regt or South Lincoln Volunteers |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2404 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1762

print

Museum number: 1872,1012.4491 |
Producer name: BIOG63489 Print made by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1830s

print

Museum number: 1858,1113.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Willem van Herp |
Production date: 1760

print

Museum number: 1893,1018.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Gerbrand van den Eeckhout |
Production date: 1743-1792

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.189 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nicolaas Verkolje |
Production date: 1758-1763 |
Production place: Published in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

print

Museum number: 1876,1209.293 |
Producer name: BIOG63489 Print made by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1830s

print

Title: Rembrandt's Father |
Museum number: 1975,U.1572 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.450 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nicolaas Verkolje |
Production date: 1758-1763

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.2402 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1771 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rembrandt's Father |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2409 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: De schoone Tekenkunst... |
Museum number: 1879,0510.406 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Print made by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1758-1770s

print; frontispiece

Title: Pax Artium Nutrix |
Museum number: 1838,0425.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1787

print

Museum number: 1977,U.1573 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1758-1770s

print; book-illustration

Title: Alderman Ferries |
Museum number: 1943,0410.621 |
Producer name: Intermediary draughtsman:Joseph LiveseyPublished by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print

Title: Mozé Henriques |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2401 |
Producer name: BIOG29743 Print made by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1761

print

Title: The Reverend Mr George Whitefield, AM |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2406 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1758-1770s

print

Title: The Reverend Mr George Whitefield, AM |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2407 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Wesley, MA, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford |
Museum number: 1856,0712.250 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Penitent |
Museum number: 1874,0613.2669 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodPublished by:Robert Sayer |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book

Museum number: 1860,0728.67 |
Producer name: Printed by:Henry ReynellPublished by:John Greenwood |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2011,7072.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreenwoodAfter:Adriaen van Ostade |
Production date: 1767-1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6533 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1790-1791