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John Hall

Also known as: John Hall; primary name: Hall, John
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1739-1797
Address: 1767, parish of St. Luke 1763, Hervy-court in the Strand opposite the New Exchange Buildings 1764-68, at Mr Dubedat's, the corner of Bentinck Buildings, Berwick Street 1769, St James 1769, 1776, Great Cheney-Walk, Chelsea 1781 Berwick Street, Soho
Biography: Line engraver, pupil of Ravenet according to Raimbach; 1756 won a 5 gn. premium from the Society of Arts for a drawing by an artist aged under 17; 1761, won a 21 gn. premium for engraving human figures; worked at the Chelsea porcelain manufactory; by 1767, master in the parish of St Luke; apprentices Charles Wood 1767, Joseph Thornthwaite 1769, Burnet Reading 1770; 1785 succeeded Woollett as historical engraver to George III; plates sold by Leigh & Sotheby, July 1799 (copy of catalogue in P&D, ScA.1.1/31). According to Abraham Raimbach. 'Gentlemanly in his habits and connexions and somewhat disposed to extravagance in dress' (p. 6); married Mary de Gilles, daughter of the porcelain painter James Giles; his son George William Hall (1770-1843) became Master of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Bibliography: 'Memoirs and recollections of the late Abraham Raimbach', ed. M. T. S. Raimbach (1843) (Raimbach was apprenticed to Hall) Information (including addresses) from Timothy Clayton

315 related objects

album; print

Title: Framlingham Castle, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.520 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1785

album; print

Title: Framlingham Castle, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.519 |
Producer name: BIOG30389 Print made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1772

book of prints; print

Museum number: K,28.1-51 |
Producer name: Published by:John Bell, the publisherPrint made by:Whitchurch |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0312.113 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousAfter:John Hall |
Production date: 1775

love token

Museum number: J.3284 |
Production date: 18thC 1775 |
Production place: Issued in:British IslesMinted in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7729 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Jonathan Richardson Senior |
Production date: 1779

print

Title: The Honourable Sir Wm. Blackstone Knight |
Museum number: Q,3.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1775

print; book-illustration

Title: Earl of Scarborough |
Museum number: 1911,0823.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Jean Baptiste Van Loo |
Production date: 1753-1822

print; book-illustration

Title: Richard Chenevix Bishop of Waterford |
Museum number: 1865,0114.258 |
Producer name: BIOG30389 Print made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1777

print

Title: George Colman, Esq. |
Museum number: Q,3.78 |
Producer name: After:Thomas GainsboroughPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1787

print

Museum number: 1866,0407.608 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Francis Cotes |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: George Saville Carey |
Museum number: 1889,0409.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:William Sherlock |
Production date: 1800-1807

print; book-illustration

Title: Cowley |
Museum number: K,59.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1779-1781

print

Museum number: 1859,1008.449 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward EdwardsPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1784

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,0520.914 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1771-1773

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0214.29 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Samuel Johnson L.L.D. |
Museum number: Q,3.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1787

print

Museum number: 1859,1008.349 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward EdwardsPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1779

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,0520.843 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1771-1773

print

Museum number: 1868,0808.1919 |
Producer name: BIOG30389 Print made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1777

print

Museum number: 1958,1006.2761 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Joseph Wright of Derby |
Production date: 1786

print; frontispiece

Title: John Jebb, M.D. F.R.S. |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1779 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1787

print; frontispiece

Museum number: Q,3.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1793

print; frontispiece

Title: Thos. Tyers Esq. |
Museum number: 1863,0411.287 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:John Taylor |
Production date: 1760-1787

print; frontispiece

Museum number: P,3.183 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Cornelius Johnson |
Production date: 1766

print; frontispiece

Title: Joannes Jortin. Mortalis Esse Desit Anno Salutis, MDCCLXX. Aetatis, LXXII. |
Museum number: Q,3.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Edward Penny |
Production date: 1790

print

Title: Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.162 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.163 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1785

print; book-illustration

Title: Prior |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1175 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Jonathan Richardson Senior |
Production date: 1779

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Prior Esqr |
Museum number: 1865,0114.532 |
Producer name: BIOG30389 Print made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1777

print

Title: Charles Vth. Emperor of Germany. |
Museum number: 1872,1012.335 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1764-1797

print

Museum number: 1872,1012.401 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallIntermediary draughtsman:James Stewart

print

Title: A Woman of Eaoo |
Museum number: 1957,0705.14 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: George Colman, Esq. |
Museum number: Q,3.78.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1787

print

Title: Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands |
Museum number: 1957,0705.9 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1784

print; book-illustration

Title: Otway |
Museum number: K,62.234 |
Producer name: BIOG30389 Print made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1779-1781

print; book-illustration

Title: Gay |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1168 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Christian Friedrich Zincke |
Production date: 1779-1781

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1892,1201.79 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1564

print

Title: The Death of Captain James Cook |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.140 |
Producer name: After:George CarterPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1784

print

Museum number: 1856,0815.90 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1716-1720 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Ode to St. Cecilia |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3901 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1777

print

Title: Lieut. Genl. Sir Rob.t Boyd K.B. Lieut. Govr. of Gibraltar. |
Museum number: Q,3.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Antonio Cesare Poggi |
Production date: 1786

print; title-page

Museum number: 1892,1201.80 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1550-1599

print

Title: Edward Gibbon, Esqr. |
Museum number: Q,3.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Edward Gibbon, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1839,0413.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Thalia |
Museum number: K,65.193 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Isaac Taylor (I) |
Production date: 1770-1790

print

Title: Iohn Adams, L.L.D. |
Museum number: 1927,1008.303 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:John Singleton Copley |
Production date: 1789-1797

print; book-illustration

Title: Wotiaks |
Museum number: 1868,1114.443 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1788-1789

print; book-illustration

Title: Ice-Hills |
Museum number: 1868,1114.442 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1788-1789

print

Title: Natives of Oonalashka, and their Habitations |
Museum number: 1957,0705.44 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1784

print; book-illustration

Title: Noah's sacrifice Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.200 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: Hh,13.3.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:James 'Athenian' Stuart |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Robert Devereux Earl of Essex |
Museum number: 1851,1108.135 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallPublished by:John Thane |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Battle of the Boyne |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3083 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Title: Bell's British Theatre |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1434 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: King Charles the 2nd Landing on the Beach at Dover |
Museum number: 1871,0610.744 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpPrint made by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Edward the Martyr Stabbed by Order of Elfrida |
Museum number: 1870,1008.209 |
Producer name: After:Edward EdwardsPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: John Sheffield, / Duke of Buckinghamshire. |
Museum number: 1889,0409.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1779-1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Richard III Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5517 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: I,8.93 |
Producer name: After:Charles Reuben RyleyPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: As you like it Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5485 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Philip James de Loutherbourg |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: David Garrick Esq. |
Museum number: Ee,5.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Nathaniel Dance |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Death of Sapphira Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Battle at La Hogue |
Museum number: 1864,0714.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1850,1214.215 |
Producer name: After:Edward EdwardsPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.242 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Hall |
Museum number: 1849,1031.35 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1700-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Henry VI. Part III Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5513 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Philip James de Loutherbourg |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Battle of the Boyne |
Museum number: 1871,0610.740 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1978,U.919 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Print made by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6844 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Banditti gambling |
Museum number: 1871,1111.805 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Battle of the Boyne |
Museum number: 1876,0708.2600 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Rich's Glory or his Triumphant Entry into Covent-Garden |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3549 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1732 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: William Parr Earl of Essex &c. |
Museum number: O,7.303 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallPublished by:John Thane |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The triumphal Entry of Richard I into London |
Museum number: 1981,U.447 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1780-1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Moses Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.240 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Battle at La Hogue |
Museum number: 1838,1110.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Gloster Ridley |
Museum number: 1895,1031.496 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:J Scouler |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: K,65.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Penn |
Museum number: P,4.152 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Pierre Eugene du Simitière |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Iohn Hall |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6080 |
Producer name: After:William MarshallPublished by:William Richardson |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Otoo King of O-Taheite |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.33 |
Producer name: After:William HodgesPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Printed in:British Isles

print

Title: William Shenstone Esqr. |
Museum number: 1837,0513.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Thomas Ross |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Wm Shakespeare at the age of 40 |
Museum number: K,64.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallPublished by:John Bell, the publisher |
Production date: 1772 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Title: Bell's British Theatre |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1435 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1872,1109.348 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallPublished by:Robinson (firm) |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Rich's Glory or his Triumphant Entry into Covent-Garden. |
Museum number: Cc,1.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1732 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: King John Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1875,0710.3203 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: William Parr Earl of Essex &c. |
Museum number: 1851,1108.136 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallPublished by:John Thane |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. |
Museum number: 1831,0520.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Siddons in Isabella |
Museum number: 1931,0509.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs. Abington in the character of Charlotte. |
Museum number: K,57.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Charles Reuben Ryley |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Battle at La Hogue |
Museum number: 1860,0728.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1344 |
Producer name: After:Edward EdwardsPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Admirable Crichton |
Museum number: K,67.130 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Moses Griffith |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Pyrrhus when a child brought to Glaucias King of I The Most Capital Paintings in England |
Museum number: 1838,0714.95 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: Hh,13.3.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:James 'Athenian' Stuart |
Production date: 1792 |
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: Elizabeth |
Museum number: 1977,U.999 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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