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Sylvester Harding

Also known as: Sylvester Harding; primary name: Harding, Sylvester; other name: E & S Harding; other name: Harding, Silvester; other name: S & E Harding
Details: individual; actor/entertainer; painter/draughtsman; publisher/printer; British; Male
Life dates: 1745-1809
Address: 83 Fleet Street (1778-9) 31 Fleet Street (1780-2) 39 Fleet Street (1783-6) 132 Fleet Street (1786-92) 102 Pall Mall (with Edward Harding, 1792-7) 127 Pall Mall (1798-1810 - address in publication line for 'S. Harding' in 1810, a year after Sylvester's death?) 87 Chapel Street, Pentonville (- address in publication line for 'S. Harding' in 1814, after Sylvester's death?)
Biography: Born Newcastle, died London. Began as actor; later turned artist, attending the RA Schools, and exhibited RA as miniature painter 1775-1802. Married Sarah Perfect in 1775; mainly active as a copyist of portrait paintings which he then published as prints, from 1786 in partnership with his brother Edward (qv, 1755-1840). In 1793 produced a series of Shakespearian illustrations for Longman edition of the plays. After 1796 ceased publishing, reverting to copying. Father of three sons Edward (d.1796), Samuel and George Perfect (qv).
Bibliography: ODNB

759 related objects

drawing

Museum number: G,5.202 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1801

drawing

Museum number: G,2.219 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1801

drawing

Museum number: G,10.103 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1948,0315.4.103 |
Producer name: Drawn by:George Perfect HardingAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1812

drawing

Museum number: Gg,1.433 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1886,1012.534 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sylvester HardingDrawn by:John Carter |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing

Museum number: G,5.120 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1801

drawing

Museum number: G,2.30 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1801

drawing

Title: Henry Pelham Esqr |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1885 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sylvester HardingAfter:William Hoare of Bath |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.440 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.438 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sylvester HardingAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1796

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.434 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.444 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.442 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.435 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing

Museum number: G,7.112 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1801

drawing

Museum number: 1948,0315.2.44 |
Producer name: Drawn by:George Perfect HardingAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1811-1850

drawing

Museum number: G,1.215 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1801

drawing

Museum number: Gg,1.451 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing

Museum number: Gg,1.443 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing

Museum number: 1867,0309.1846 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1790-1793

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.437 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sylvester HardingAfter:Edward Byng |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.436 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.424 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.441 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1900,1231.1649 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

drawing; print study

Museum number: Gg,1.425 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Drawn by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1760-1809

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1874,1212.220-267 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Nelson GardinerPrint made by:R Clamp |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Queen Katharine |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6221 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvester HardingAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1791

print; book-illustration

Title: Scroop Archbishop of York. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1201 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward Harding juniorAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Philip King of France |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1460 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew BirrellAfter:Jacques de Bie |
Production date: 1790-1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Cardinal Wolsey. |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1897 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvester HardingPublished by:Edward Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: William Smith Bishop of Lincoln. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6280 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas NugentAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.2363 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1791

print

Title: Admiral Byng |
Museum number: 1935,0522.9.28.a |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Print made by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1790-1800

print

Title: Lieut. General Sir John Stuart |
Museum number: 1935,0522.9.30.a |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Print made by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1790-1800

print

Title: The Honble Edwd Boscawen |
Museum number: 1935,0522.9.26.a |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Print made by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1790-1800

print

Title: General Hill |
Museum number: 1935,0522.9.33.a |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvester HardingAfter:Michael Dahl |
Production date: 1790-1800

print; book-illustration

Title: Duke of Burgundy |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6251 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvester HardingPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Anne Stanhope |
Museum number: 1848,1125.371 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1780-1830

print; book-illustration

Title: Cardinal Wolsey |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvester HardingPublished by:Edward Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Bourbon. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6271 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas NugentAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Scroop Archbishop of York. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6290 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward Harding juniorAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Gilbert Sheldon, Arch Bishop of Canterbury |
Museum number: 1852,0612.239 |
Producer name: Print made by:R ClampAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1795

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Samuel Madden. |
Museum number: 1889,0409.93 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Print made by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1802

print

Title: Mr Sowdon |
Museum number: K,65.3 |
Producer name: After:John LewisPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1801

print; book-illustration

Title: William Kempe |
Museum number: K,61.184 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1793

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sr Robt Viner |
Museum number: G,12.216 |
Producer name: BIOG26830 After:William Faithorne |
Production date: 1796

print

Museum number: 1856,0308.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvester HardingAfter:Brown |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Anne d'Autriche |
Museum number: 1851,1108.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:SchenekerIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1780-1800

print

Title: Prince Rupert |
Museum number: 1865,0114.549 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Wriothesley, / Earl of Southampton. |
Museum number: P,5.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward HardingIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1794

print; book-illustration

Title: Charles the VII, King of France |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6216 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Hamilton afterwards Lady Grammont |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1623 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GodefroyIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1772-1850

print; satirical print

Title: The spirit of Shakspere appearing to his detractors |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6522 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvester HardingPublished by:William Richardson |
Production date: 1796

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sr Robert Peake |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1880 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward HardingIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1796

print

Title: Henry Terne |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1310 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Print made by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1778-1809

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Taylor, the Water Poet |
Museum number: K,65.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward HardingAfter:John Taylor |
Production date: 1798

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1894,0417.411 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1778

print; book-illustration

Title: Angiers in France |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6287 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas MedlandAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Orleans |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6301 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 After:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Florence |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6220 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Michaell Mohun |
Museum number: K,62.155 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward Harding juniorIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sr Robert Peake |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.295 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward HardingIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1796

print; book-illustration

Title: Julius Caesar |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6296 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward Harding juniorIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6245 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Print made by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Henry V |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6174 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ParkerIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1790

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr Joseph Trapp |
Museum number: K,65.164 |
Producer name: Print made by:R ClampAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1798

print; book-illustration

Title: Dover |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6243 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1791

print; book-illustration

Title: Coventry |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6198 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: William, 1st. Lord Paget. |
Museum number: 1875,0508.693 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Perfect HardingIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1811

print

Title: James Relly |
Museum number: 1896,1215.25 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Print made by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1780s

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Hump Lloyd |
Museum number: 1852,0612.246 |
Producer name: BIOG22908 Print made by:R Clamp |
Production date: 1795

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Lady Charlotte de le Tremoville Countess of Derby |
Museum number: 1852,0612.231 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas NugentIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1792

print; book-illustration

Title: Cleopatra |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6298 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward Harding juniorIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Lord Rivers |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6150 |
Producer name: Print made by:R ClampAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Prospect Place, Wimbledon, Surry, a Villa belonging to M.I.Levy Esqr. |
Museum number: 1881,1210.196 |
Producer name: After:Sylvester HardingPrint made by:John Roberts |
Production date: 1780s

print

Title: Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Museum number: G,10.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Nelson GardinerAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1780-1810

print

Title: Lord Russell. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1175 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew BirrellAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1769-1809

print; book-illustration

Title: Bastard of Orleans |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6240 |
Producer name: BIOG30614 Print made by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Sr, Thomas Hanmer |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6232 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luigi SchiavonettiPublished by:Edward Harding |
Production date: 1793

print

Museum number: 1876,1209.258 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1809

print; book-illustration

Title: Lord Talbot. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6225 |
Producer name: BIOG223786 Print made by:T Parker |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Octavius Caesar |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6306 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward Harding juniorIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Duke of Norfolk, Henry VIII |
Museum number: 1858,0213.190 |
Producer name: Print made by:SchenekerIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: The Earl of Arlington. |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1780 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis LegouxIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1789-1804

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6261 |
Producer name: Print made by:R ClampIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1792

print; book-illustration

Title: Alexandria |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6226 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6164 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Nelson GardinerIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1790

print; satirical print

Title: The spirit of Shakspere appearing to his detractors |
Museum number: K,64.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvester HardingPublished by:William Richardson |
Production date: 1796

print

Title: Mrs Hyde afterwards Lady Rochester |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1160 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward HardingIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1775-1840

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Hump Lloyd |
Museum number: G,9.74 |
Producer name: BIOG22908 Print made by:R Clamp |
Production date: 1795

print; book-illustration

Title: Hernes Oak |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6284 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas MedlandAfter:T Thornton |
Production date: 1792

print; book-illustration

Title: Sir John Hawkins |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6321 |
Producer name: Print made by:R ClampAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1788-1793

print

Title: Lady Venetia Digby |
Museum number: 1920,1211.509 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew BirrellIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6278 |
Producer name: Print made by:Luigi SchiavonettiIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Audley, Lord Chancellor |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6265 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1791

print; book-illustration

Title: Margaret, Queen to King Henry the Sixth |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6269 |
Producer name: Print made by:SchenekerIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1792

print; book-illustration

Title: Gardiner Bishop of Winchester |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6180 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Nelson GardinerIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1790

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6257 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1791-1793

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