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Charles Knapton

Also known as: Charles Knapton; primary name: Knapton, Charles
Details: individual; printmaker; publisher/printer; British; Male
Life dates: 1698-1742
Biography: Publisher and etcher of facsimiles of old master drawings, in collaboration with Pond. 95 prints, 27 of which are by Knapton. Son of William Knapton of Brockenhurst Manor, Lymington, Hampshire and Elizabeth (nee Odber), brother of the artist George (q.v.). For his dates see Jeffares.
Bibliography: H.M.Hake, PCQ IX 1922, pp.325ff, 'Pond & Knapton's Imitations of Drawings' ODNB Neil Jeffares, 'Dictionary of pastellists before 1800' (on-line)

127 related objects

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Domenico Campagnola |
Production date: 1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.63 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Willem van de Velde I |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.1191 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Chatelain |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1735

print

Museum number: U,9.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste ChatelainAfter:Gaspard Dughet |
Production date: 1741

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.183 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1977,U.402 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1982,U.3894 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: U,9.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste ChatelainAfter:Gaspard Dughet |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1977,U.405 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1868,1212.632 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.188 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1735

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1734

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1252 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.196 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1977,U.404 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1979,U.825 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: U,9.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste ChatelainAfter:Gaspard Dughet |
Production date: 1741

print

Museum number: 1952,0117.3 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Joseph Wood |
Production date: 1742

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.2084 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Joseph Wood |
Production date: 1742

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1735

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: U,9.7 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Chatelain |
Production date: 1742

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.1190 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Chatelain |
Production date: 1741

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.192 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1977,U.406 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1257 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1261 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1735

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1263 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1735

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1977,U.401 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1735-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: U,10.57 |
Producer name: After:Claude LorrainPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1735

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1977,U.399 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1732-1735

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1255 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1262 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1735-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Museum number: 1977,U.19.18 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Granville |
Production date: 1741

print

Museum number: U,9.38 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Museum number: 1977,U.19.13 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Chatelain |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Museum number: 1977,U.19.2 |
Producer name: After:Claude LorrainPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Museum number: 1977,U.19.15 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Museum number: 1977,U.19.16 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Chatelain |
Production date: 1742

print; album

Museum number: 1977,U.19.14 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Museum number: 1977,U.19.1 |
Producer name: After:Claude LorrainPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.177 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: The cascade |
Museum number: U,9.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis VivaresAfter:Gaspard Dughet |
Production date: 1741 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.169 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: U,9.31 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1977,U.403 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: 1868,1212.633 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1735

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: U,10.67 |
Producer name: After:Claude LorrainPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.187 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1734

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1253 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1982,U.3892 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: U,9.16 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Granville |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1247 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: U,9.15 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Granville |
Production date: 1741

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.1186 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Chatelain |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1977,U.398 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1735

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1979,U.827 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: V,9.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1977,U.407 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1735

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1264 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1735

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1735

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1732-1735

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1260 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1732-1735

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1735-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1245 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1256 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.1188 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Jean Baptiste Chatelain |
Production date: 1741

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi |
Production date: 1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1979,U.824 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1734

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1246 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Domenico Campagnola |
Production date: 1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: V,9.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Paolo Pannini |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.193 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.1187 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste ChatelainAfter:Gaspard Dughet |
Production date: 1742

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1982,U.3893 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print

Museum number: U,9.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Baptiste ChatelainAfter:Gaspard Dughet |
Production date: 1741

print

Museum number: U,9.24 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print

Museum number: U,9.20 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1741

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: U,4.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Guercino |
Production date: 1732-1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1248 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1735

print

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 2006,U.1251 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi |
Production date: 1736

print; album

Title: Prints in Imitation of Drawings |
Museum number: 1936,1116.2126.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnaptonAfter:Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi |
Production date: 1732-1736

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