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John Callcott Horsley

Also known as: John Callcott Horsley; primary name: Horsley, John Callcott
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1817-1903
Biography: Painter, etcher and draughtsman on wood. Married to Rosamund, sister of the artist Sir Francis Seymour Haden (q.v.). Elected RA, 1864, also served as professor of drawing.
Bibliography: R.K.Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers,' 1985

91 related objects

greeting-card

Museum number: 1990,1215.58 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 After:John Callcott Horsley

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1861,0518.213 |
Producer name: Published by:James BurnsPrinted by:Robson, Levey, and Franklyn |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1853,0212.211 |
Producer name: Published by:James BurnsPrint made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1853,0212.188 |
Producer name: Published by:James BurnsPrinted by:Robson, Levey, and Franklyn |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

letter

Museum number: 1957,0513.1-8 |
Producer name: Written by:John Everett MillaisWritten by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: late 19thC

print

Museum number: 1867,1012.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry CousinsAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1858

print

Museum number: 1914,0723.2 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1850

print

Title: Sir William G Armstrong, C.B. |
Museum number: 2010,7081.4012 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel BellinAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1869 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Newcastle upon Tyne

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: 1900,0613.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1860

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.531 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry CousinsAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1858 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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: 1862,1011.151 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: Life and Still Life, Au Sixieme Specimens from Recent Exhibitions |
Museum number: 1913,0717.18 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyBlock cut by:Henry Linton |
Production date: 1884

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1011.141 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1011.153 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1011.161 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1011.152 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Jealous Eye |
Museum number: 1913,0717.19 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyBlock cut by:Henry Linton |
Production date: 1856

print

Title: Horsley's Cottages |
Museum number: 1910,0421.92 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:England

print

Title: Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.91 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Il Penseroso |
Museum number: 1856,0913.71 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyBlock cut by:W T Green |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.2 |
Producer name: After:Charles West CopeAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Horsley's House at Willesley |
Museum number: 1910,0421.89 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:England

print

Title: Welsh Gossips Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.105 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: J. C. Horsley, Esq., R.A. |
Museum number: 1956,0915.13 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Print made by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1850-1903

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1979,0407.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPrint made by:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1865,0114.950 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1881,0108.79 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1903 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Title: The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith |
Museum number: 1856,0209.1574-1650 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrint made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1841

print

Title: The Shady Seat / Daylight Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.109 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 2009,7081.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lumb StocksAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1878 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,0213.235 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Solo Performer with a limited Audience |
Museum number: 1852,1116.134 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1885 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham |
Museum number: 1872,1012.6254 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:Lumb Stocks |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1865,0114.949 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Pride of the Village |
Museum number: 1851,0104.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Austen PeriamAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1839-1852

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.263 |
Producer name: After:Charles West CopeAfter:William Dyce |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.131 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.202 |
Producer name: After:Percy William JustyneAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Detected Art Journal |
Museum number: 1913,0212.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lumb StocksAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1868-1873 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Pet of the Common |
Museum number: 1872,1012.6156 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:Henry Lemon |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Title: L'Allegro |
Museum number: 1861,1214.651-681 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrinted by:Gad & Co |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: "Satan touched by Ithuriel's spear, while whispering evil dreams to evil" |
Museum number: 1859,0312.414 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1850

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1996,1104.13 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasAfter:Frederick William Keyl |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; portfolio

Title: Songs of Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1857,1114.9-25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Etching ClubPrint made by:John Bell |
Production date: 1843 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.163 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Andrew Nicholl |
Production date: 1839-1847

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.4070 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas Oldham BarlowAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1870 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Milton composing "Samson Agonistes" |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5858 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel BellinAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1862 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1895,0617.742 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 After:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1876

print

Title: Hide and Seek Specimens from Recent Exhibitions |
Museum number: 1913,0717.17 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyBlock cut by:Henry Linton |
Production date: 1884

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1011.140 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1860

print; book-illustration

Title: Anne Boleyn Commending the Princess Elizabeth to the Care of Matthew Parker. |
Museum number: 1922,0209.29 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:Thomas Williams |
Production date: 1866

print

Title: St. Augustine preaching to Ethelbert and Bertha. The Prize Cartoons |
Museum number: 1854,1211.136 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Il Penseroso |
Museum number: 1861,0810.375 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas GarnerAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Manchester (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Pride of the Village |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2064 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:George Austen Periam |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Hospitality - the Mote, Ightham, Kent |
Museum number: 1856,0913.75 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyBlock cut by:Smith & Cheltnam |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.160 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1885 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.105 |
Producer name: After:Myles Birket FosterAfter:Eleanor Vere Boyle |
Production date: 1862 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Horsley's Cottages |
Museum number: 1910,0421.91 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:England

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Novice |
Museum number: 1872,1012.6257 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:Herbert Bourne |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: "Malvolio I' the Sun" |
Museum number: 1856,0913.30 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 After:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Old Willesley House |
Museum number: 1910,0421.94 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:England

print

Title: Horsley's Cottages |
Museum number: 1937,0612.116 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865

print

Title: Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1865,0114.928 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Il Penseroso |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2332 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:Thomas Garner |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Detected Modern Art |
Museum number: 1923,1112.133 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:Lumb Stocks |
Production date: 1868-1873 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Horsley's House at Willesley |
Museum number: 1937,0612.113 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865

print

Title: Plunderers |
Museum number: 1860,0811.5 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1903

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.161 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Horsley's Cottages |
Museum number: 1933,0408.146 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:England

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.261 |
Producer name: After:Elizabeth M OsborneAfter:Charles Henry Bennett |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Horsley's Cottages |
Museum number: 1910,0421.93 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:England

print

Title: Horsley's Cottages |
Museum number: 1937,0612.115 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865

print

Title: Horsley's Cottages |
Museum number: 1937,0612.117 |
Producer name: BIOG30280 Print made by:Francis Seymour Haden |
Production date: 1865

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.133 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1885 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Twilight Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.103 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Pride of the Village |
Museum number: 1852,0214.593 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Austen PeriamAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1839-1852

print; portfolio

Title: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
Museum number: 1862,0524.22-50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Etching ClubPrint made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.201.a |
Producer name: After:Percy William JustyneAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: J. C. Horsley, A.R.A. |
Museum number: 1876,1209.286 |
Producer name: Print made by:Horace HarralAfter:Robert Howlett |
Production date: 1860

print; book of prints

Title: Etch'd Thoughts |
Museum number: 1862,0524.51-110 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrint made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.232 |
Producer name: After:Myles Birket FosterAfter:Frederick Richard Pickersgill |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Title: A Selection of Etchings by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1866,1208.139-150 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrint made by:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.387 |
Producer name: After:Sir John TennielAfter:Henry Noel Humphreys |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.46 |
Producer name: After:S EdmonstonAfter:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1858 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Pride of the Village |
Museum number: 1978,U.287 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Austen PeriamAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1839-1852 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.132 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1852 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham |
Museum number: 1980,1011.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lumb StocksAfter:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Title: Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1912,0802.108.1-18 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrinted by:Gad & Co |
Production date: 1853 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Title: Etchings for the Art-Union of London |
Museum number: 1870,1112.432-461 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrint made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)