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Robert Joseph Hixon

Header: Robert Joseph Hixon
Also known as: Robert Joseph Hixon; primary name: Hixon, Robert Joseph; other name: Hixon, Br; other name: Hixon, R J
Details: individual; publisher/printer; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1766?-1834
Address: 13 Bridges Street Covent Garden, London (1794) 16 Vinegar Yard, Drury Lane (1799) 355 Strand (1799-1810) 440 Strand (1809, as R.J. Hixon) 440 Strand (1811-1817)
Biography: Engraver and printseller, probably the R Hixon who published the aquatint The Isle of Dogs (1813). BM Satires 1799-1800. 'R. J. Hixon' appears on a republished state of S W Reynolds' mezzotint of George III reviewing the Volunteer Corps issued from 440 Strand in 1809. Possibly a relation rather than the same man. Trade card in Banks Collection (D,2.2164) advertises "Rt. Hixon, Engraver, No.13, Brydges [sic] Street, Covent Garden; Seals neatly engrav'd. Tradesmen's Cards, Bills of Parcels, Bankers Checks, Notes, Drafts, Visiting Tickets, Coats of Arms, Crests, Cyphers, &c. N.B. Printing in General." Nigel Tattersfield (email May 2022): Hixon's will is at National Archives, PROB 11/1836/157.
Bibliography: Maxted, 'The London Book Trades 1775-1800: A Preliminary Checklist of members' David Alexander, 'Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers', 2021

29 related objects

print; trade-card; advertisement

Museum number: D,2.3364 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon

print; trade-card

Museum number: D,2.2164 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print

Title: Tom going to School. |
Museum number: 1938,0811.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert Joseph HixonPublished by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1794-1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Nymphs and Satyr |
Museum number: 1880,0807.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Mariano BoviAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The breaking up of the Union Club! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6932 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac CruikshankPublished by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; trade-card

Museum number: D,2.3438 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1800

print; satirical print

Title: More luxeries for Johnny and Paddy-bull!!! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6919 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Published by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1801

print; satirical print

Title: The Compliments of the Season!!! |
Museum number: 1948,0214.758 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CawseAfter:George Moutard Woodward |
Production date: 1809

print; fan

Museum number: 1891,0713.513 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Published by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Compliments of the Season!!! |
Museum number: 1935,0522.7.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CawseAfter:George Moutard Woodward |
Production date: 1809

print; satirical print

Title: Billy's legacy! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6935 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac CruikshankPublished by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; trade-card

Museum number: Heal,72.145 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1800

print; trade-card

Museum number: D,2.2401 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1790

print; drawing book

Title: Battersea |
Museum number: 1867,1214.482 |
Producer name: After:John Thomas SerresPrint made by:Thomas Vivares |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Washing Trotters |
Museum number: 1935,0522.9.33.b |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonPublished by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; trade-card

Museum number: D,2.1347 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1808

print; satirical print

Title: Tommy Thaw |
Museum number: 1948,0214.596 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CawseAfter:George Moutard Woodward |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tom going to School. |
Museum number: 1938,0811.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert Joseph HixonPublished by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1794-1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Hints to forestallers, or a sure way to reduce the price of grain!! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6904 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac CruikshankPublished by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; trade-card

Museum number: D,2.4338 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1760-1818

print; trade-card

Museum number: Heal,21.20 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1800

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1878,0511.1310 |
Producer name: After:John Thomas SerresPrint made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The ghost of St Stephen's or the stranger at home! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6845 |
Producer name: Print made by:John CawseAfter:George Moutard Woodward |
Production date: 1800

print

Museum number: 1981,U.263 |
Producer name: After:Thomas RowlandsonPublished by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: His Majesty reviewing the Volunteers |
Museum number: 1902,1011.4021 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel William Reynolds IAfter:Sir Robert Ker Porter |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Isle of Dogs. |
Museum number: 1875,0814.2513 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert Joseph HixonPublished by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: [A brace of Abraham Newlands] |
Museum number: 1981,U.249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas RowlandsonPublished by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1799

print; invitation

Museum number: 1983,U.1832 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 19th century |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; trade-card

Museum number: D,2.1344 |
Producer name: BIOG31634 Print made by:Robert Joseph Hixon |
Production date: 1801

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