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William Harvey

Also known as: William Harvey; primary name: Harvey, William
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1796-1866
Address: 24 Norfolk Street, Cavendish Square, London (in 1821)
Biography: Wood-engraver, designer, and painter; pupil of William Bewick (q.v.) Born in Newcastle, died in Richmond, Surrey. Apprenticed to Thomas Bewick from 1809, and his initials appear against engravings in workshop records from 1811. Went to London in 1817 and became a pupil of Benjamin Robert Haydon, alongside Edwin and Thomas Landseer. By 1822 Harvey was regarded at the foremost draughtsman to the wood-engraving trade.
Bibliography: Obituary in the Art Journal 1866, pp.89-90 DNB

740 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0711.10 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 Drawn by:William Harvey |
Production date: 1796-1866

drawing

Museum number: 1888,0716.12 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 Drawn by:William Harvey |
Production date: 1796-1866

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1882,0311.1382 |
Producer name: Attributed to:William HarveyFormerly attributed to:Thomas Bewick |
Production date: 1753-1818

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0711.7 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 Drawn by:William Harvey |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0711.9 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 Drawn by:William Harvey |
Production date: 1796-1866

drawing

Museum number: 1885,0711.8 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 Drawn by:William Harvey |
Production date: 1805-1876

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1878,1214.193-200 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1861,0518.214 |
Producer name: Printed by:Vizetelly & CoPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1882,0610.38-49 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPublished by:Seeley & Burnside |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

pot

Museum number: Af1900,-.64 |
Ethnic group: x85201 Made by:Xhosa |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Uitenhage

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1906,0419.116 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.166 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1864,0309.29 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1832

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1014.253 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:John Brain |
Production date: 1831-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1864,0309.30 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Edward Smith |
Production date: 1832

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1864,0309.22 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:John William Cook |
Production date: 1832

print

Museum number: 1926,0331.558 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lumb StocksPrint made by:J Godden |
Production date: 1827-1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.147 |
Producer name: Print made by:Timothy Stansfield EngleheartAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1820-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.745 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Timothy Stansfield Engleheart |
Production date: 1820-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Lady Austen |
Museum number: 1867,0112.134 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonIntermediary draughtsman:William Harvey |
Production date: 1836

print

Museum number: 1926,0331.566 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lumb StocksPrint made by:J Godden |
Production date: 1827-1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.819 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.10 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1820-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Nazareth |
Museum number: 1900,0613.572 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1838

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1932,0507.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lumb StocksAfter:George Romney |
Production date: 1833-1837

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1868,0822.5042 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1826

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1889,0603.9 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1820-1860

print; frontispiece

Title: Much ado about nothing |
Museum number: 1874,0711.454 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1820-1840

print; frontispiece

Title: King Henry VIII |
Museum number: 1874,0711.525 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1820-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.536 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1811-1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.44 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:John Jackson |
Production date: 1816-1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.319 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Abraham John MasonFormerly attributed to:John Jackson |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.369 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.47 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.163 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Thomas WilliamsAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1813-1862

print; book-illustration

Title: The Mountebank and His Dog |
Museum number: 1891,0326.35 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Title: The Old Man and Death |
Museum number: 1874,0711.510 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Charlton NesbittAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.167 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Sir John Gilbert

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.368 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.325 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.381 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Title: The Self-Important |
Museum number: 1900,0613.429 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Charlton NesbittAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Title: The Owls, the Bats, and the Sun |
Museum number: 1900,0613.495 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WilliamsAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Title: The Peacock and the Owl |
Museum number: 1891,0326.70 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.338 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Title: The Pontine Marshes. |
Museum number: 1871,0114.8 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:John Orrin Smith |
Production date: 1836-1837

print; book-illustration

Title: Eartham |
Museum number: 1894,0417.174 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GoodyearAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1810-1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1848,1013.295 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:James Baylis Allen |
Production date: 1820-1850

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.169 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Sir John Gilbert

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.225 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward GoodallAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.54 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1812-1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.478 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1835-1870

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.65 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1812-1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.477 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1835-1870

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.37 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.50 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.63 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1812-1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.186 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.225 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:J. Thompson |
Production date: 1830-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.147 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1812-1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.67 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1812-1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,1013.20 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,1013.21 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.16 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.460 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.84 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:William Henry Powis |
Production date: 1816-1848

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2006,U.1696 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1811-1823

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,1013.19 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Title: The philosopher and sheet of paper |
Museum number: 1900,0613.613 |
Producer name: Block cut by:George Wilmot BonnerAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.14 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.453 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Joseph Lionel Williams |
Production date: 1830-1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.692 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Abraham John MasonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.536 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Edward Dalziel |
Production date: 1835-1870

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.153 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1009.158 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1820-1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.201 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.32 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1820-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0210.542 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Alfred Robert Freebairn |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.166 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Sir John Gilbert

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.170 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Sir John Gilbert |
Production date: 1856

print

Museum number: 1889,0603.158 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 Print made by:William Harvey |
Production date: 1836

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.44 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.461 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.449 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.442 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1834-1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.90 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1816-1848

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.446 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.522 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.164 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Sir John Gilbert

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.594 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.488 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1812-1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.194 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: Fortune and Plutus |
Museum number: 1891,0326.75 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.27 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.15 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1820-1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.448 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.17 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.34 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1830s

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.693 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Abraham John MasonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0603.33 |
Producer name: BIOG30777 After:William Harvey |
Production date: 1820-1850