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Thomas Hardy

Also known as: Thomas Hardy; primary name: Hardy, Thomas
Details: individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1757-1804
Biography: Portrait painter and mezzotinter; b. June 1757; last documented print dates 1804; entered RA Schools 1778; exh. RA 1778-98 and SA 1790 (incorrectly as F. Hardy); probably not the same man involved in radical politics; plates only give initial T, but thought to be Thomas (an etching dated 1805 after Mortimer is inscribed Thos. Hardy, also a stipple by Benjamin Smith after 'Thos. Hardy', which confirms 'Thomas' if this is indeed the same man); produced illustrations for the London-based 'European Magazine'.
Bibliography: Chaloner Smith (8 nos) A.Davison, 'New light on the painter and engraver Thomas Hardy (1757-1804)', The British Art Journal, XII 2011, pp.37-41.

162 related objects

coach watch; centre-seconds watch; calendar watch; compass; stop-watch; dust-cap; watch-case

Museum number: 1958,1201.367 |
Producer name: Made by:John BittlestonCase made by:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1780-1790 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Case made in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1928,0131.1 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.4 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1859-1921

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1897,1213.5 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Drawn by:William Strang |
Production date: 1893

medal

Museum number: SSB,227.15 |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5019 |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1915,0507.348 |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5013 |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5012 |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.9303 |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5021 |
Producer name: BIOG117168 Designed by:W L |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

photographic print

Title: Mr. Thomas Hardy |
Museum number: 1910,1126.117 |
Producer name: Photographed by:W & D DowneyPublished by:John Cassell |
Production date: 1894

print

Title: James Mingay, Esqr. |
Museum number: 1841,0403.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1771-1805

print; frontispiece

Title: Thomas Hardy, No. 1 |
Museum number: 1897,1213.38 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1893

print; frontispiece

Title: Thomas Hardy, O.M., No.5 |
Museum number: 1960,0206.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1919

print; satirical print

Title: S. Alan. Gardiner. Covent Garden |
Museum number: 1935,0522.4.70 |
Producer name: BIOG44408 Print made by:Thomas Rowlandson |
Production date: 1796

print; satirical print

Title: The master of the inn confers the order of knighthood on Don Quixotte |
Museum number: 1868,0808.10350 |
Producer name: BIOG45122 Print made by:James Sayers |
Production date: 1803

print

Title: Thomas Hardy, No. 2 |
Museum number: 1955,0215.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1893-1894

print

Title: Thomas Hardy, No. 3 |
Museum number: 1953,0509.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:William StrangPrinted by:David Strang |
Production date: 1896

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.47 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.7 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1931,1114.20 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.51 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.11 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.24 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.43 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print

Museum number: 1903,1006.13 |
Producer name: BIOG44300 Print made by:Sir William Rothenstein |
Production date: 1897

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.35 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.44 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.9 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.29 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.30 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.16 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.19 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.39 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.52 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.4 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.48 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.8 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.5 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Title: The heath |
Museum number: 1928,1128.34 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.3 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.31 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.53 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.2 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.45 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.17 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.22 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Title: The village |
Museum number: 1928,1128.23 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: James Nares Mus Doct |
Museum number: 1889,0409.321 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyAfter:George Engleheart |
Production date: 1795

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: James Nares Mus Doct |
Museum number: 1864,0611.53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyAfter:George Engleheart |
Production date: 1795

print

Museum number: 1914,1123.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles RickettsAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1881-1914

print

Museum number: 1927,1220.1 |
Producer name: BIOG25383 Print made by:Francis Dodd |
Production date: 1927

print

Title: Thomas Hardy, O.M., No.4 |
Museum number: 1949,0411.1829 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1910

print

Museum number: 2006,U.2897 |
Producer name: BIOG191672 After:Elliot & Fry |
Production date: 1863-1928

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.18 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print

Title: Arthur Blayney |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2471 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1778-1802

print

Museum number: 1899,0713.143 |
Producer name: BIOG50335 Print made by:George Raphael Ward |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: William Osborn, MD |
Museum number: 1888,0716.301 |
Producer name: Print made by:John JonesAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Augustus Bowles |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1796 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GrozerAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Osborn, MD |
Museum number: 1871,0812.5647 |
Producer name: Print made by:John JonesAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: J. Pleyel. |
Museum number: 1864,0611.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:William NutterAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: His Royal Highness Prince William Frederick |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2743 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Patriotic regeneration,-viz.-parliament reform'd, a la Francoise, -that is-honest men (I.E.-oppositi |
Museum number: J,3.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:James GillrayPublished by:Hannah Humphrey |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: His Royal Highness Prince William Frederick |
Museum number: 1902,1011.8457 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: His Royal Highness Prince William Frederick |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2473 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A banditti made prisoner |
Museum number: 1871,0114.153 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1780-1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Osborn, MD |
Museum number: 1871,1209.235 |
Producer name: Print made by:John JonesAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: M Clementi |
Museum number: 1864,0611.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyPublished by:John Bland |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Honourable Sir Henry Gould, Knight |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2474 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyPublished by:Hugh Richards |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joseph Haydn |
Museum number: 1944,1014.612 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyPublished by:John Bland |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: His Grace John Frederick Sackville, Duke of Dorset |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2472 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Augustus Bowles |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2464 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GrozerAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A banditti made prisoner |
Museum number: 1978,U.736 |
Producer name: After:John Hamilton MortimerPrint made by:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1780-1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joseph Haydn, Mus. D. Oxon. |
Museum number: K,67.220 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyPublished by:John Bland |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: J.P. Salomon |
Museum number: 1944,1014.280 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb FaciusAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr. Barrymore. |
Museum number: K,57.186 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin SmithAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Thomas Hardy |
Museum number: 1872,0713.182 |
Producer name: After:A JamesonPublished by:A Jameson |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.36 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,1128.20 |
Producer name: BIOG35371 Print made by:Clare Leighton |
Production date: 1929

print; satirical print

Title: S. Alan. Gardiner. Covent Garden |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6548 |
Producer name: BIOG44408 Print made by:Thomas Rowlandson |
Production date: 1796

print; satirical print

Title: The first levee of the new P-r-t. [Parliament] |
Museum number: 1868,0808.5325 |
Producer name: BIOG30640 Published by:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1784

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.6141 |
Producer name: BIOG50335 Print made by:George Raphael Ward |
Production date: 1836-1879

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.2478 |
Producer name: BIOG30640 Print made by:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1778-1802

print

Title: M. Clementi |
Museum number: 1944,1014.491 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann NeidlAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1770s |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print

Title: W. Cramer |
Museum number: K,59.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyPublished by:John Bland |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Osborn, MD |
Museum number: 1865,0114.496 |
Producer name: Print made by:John JonesAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Moody Comedian |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2477 |
Producer name: BIOG30640 Print made by:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Richard Whitworth Esq.r |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2618 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert LaurieAfter:Thomas Hardy |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: M. Clementi |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2283 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HardyPublished by:John Bland |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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