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Charles Knight

Also known as: Charles Knight; primary name: Knight, Charles; other name: Knight, Charles Parsons
Details: individual; printmaker; publisher/printer; British; Male
Life dates: 1743-1826 (or later)
Address: 29 Berwick Street, London (in 1781) No.2, Hollen Street, Soho (1782) Queen's Row, Brompton (by 1785) Boston Row, Brompton, London (in 1786-June 1792) 53 Piccadilly, London (in 1795) Stoke, Buckinghamshire (in 1799) (Pall Mall East?) ?Hammersmith (1811)
Biography: Engraver, usually in stipple, who may have worked with Bartolozzi in the 1770s. Name first on plates in 1781 when living in Berwick Street. Often published his own plates; worked with William Dickinson (q.v.) from the mid 1780s to 1793.
Bibliography: ODNB David Alexander, 'Bartolozzi's studio in London 1763-1802', PQ 2018, p.18

464 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1915,0320.22.1-8 |
Producer name: After:John FlaxmanPrint made by:Richard James Lane |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1211.31 |
Producer name: BIOG33970 Drawn by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1901-1990

drawing

Museum number: 1945,1208.183 |
Producer name: BIOG33970 Drawn by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1930

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1211.26 |
Producer name: BIOG33970 Drawn by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1939

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1211.30 |
Producer name: BIOG33970 Drawn by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1901-1990

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1211.27 |
Producer name: BIOG33970 Drawn by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1938

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1211.32 |
Producer name: BIOG33970 Drawn by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1931

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1211.29 |
Producer name: BIOG33970 Drawn by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1901-1990

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1211.33 |
Producer name: BIOG33970 Drawn by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1963

drawing

Museum number: 1993,1211.28 |
Producer name: BIOG33970 Drawn by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1962

print

Title: The Right Honble. and Revd. John Viscount Tracy, D:D: Warden of All Souls College |
Museum number: 1877,0811.905 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1792-1838

print

Title: South View of Windsor Castle. June 1824 |
Museum number: 1902,0818.249 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HighamAfter:Thomas Higham |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:Windsor

print; book-illustration

Title: Joseph Scaliger |
Museum number: 1983,U.2789 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Eden WagstaffAfter:Gérard Edelinck |
Production date: 1833-1837

print

Museum number: Q,3.151 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Sig:r Giuseppe De Begnis of the Italian Opera London |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2211 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Titus G Perlotti |
Production date: 1822

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7025 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print

Title: The Portland Vase |
Museum number: 2011,5012.66 |
Producer name: BIOG196422 Published by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1838

print

Title: Miss Farren |
Museum number: 1892,0314.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1791

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7032 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print; book-illustration

Title: Claude |
Museum number: 1983,U.2767 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)Print made by:William Holl (the Younger) |
Production date: 1833-1837

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7654 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1780-1800

print; frontispiece

Title: The Honble. Daines Barrington |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1324 |
Producer name: After:Joseph SlaterPrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1796

print; book-illustration

Title: La Place |
Museum number: 1871,0812.1618 |
Producer name: Print made by:James PosselwhiteAfter:Jean Naigeon |
Production date: 1833-1837

print

Title: Bentley. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.219 |
Producer name: Print made by:James PosselwhiteAfter:Thomas Hudson |
Production date: 1833-1848

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7023 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print

Title: Drusus Tiberii filius |
Museum number: X,8.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Thomas Gaugain |
Production date: 1785-1805

print

Title: Sir W. Herschell. |
Museum number: 1890,1002.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1833-1837

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7036 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.2363 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1791

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7027 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print

Title: Lady Hamilton |
Museum number: 1853,1210.619 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:George Romney |
Production date: 1791-1825

print

Museum number: K,57.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Tenant's Family |
Museum number: 1852,1116.442 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1757-1825

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.2473 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1813

print

Museum number: 1893,0914.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Antoni Oleszczyński |
Production date: 1829-1838

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.1665 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightIntermediary draughtsman:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1757-1825

print

Title: His Royal Higness the Duke of Clarence Lord High Admiral of England |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2745 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1788-1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1892,0314.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Woodman IIAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Title: La Place |
Museum number: 1925,1214.123 |
Producer name: Print made by:James PosselwhiteAfter:Jean Naigeon |
Production date: 1833-1837

print

Museum number: 1838,0425.160 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Drusus Tiberii filius |
Museum number: X,8.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Thomas Gaugain |
Production date: 1785-1805

print; book-illustration

Title: Porson |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1097 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin (Henry B.) HollAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1833

print; satirical print

Title: The courteous baronet or the Windsor advertiser |
Museum number: J,1.166 |
Producer name: BIOG222790 Published by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1799

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.666 |
Producer name: BIOG18652 Print made by:John Bastin |
Production date: 1846-1848

print; book-illustration

Title: La Pérouse |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1537 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WoolnothPublished by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1833-1837

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7035 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print; book-illustration

Title: Sir Walter Scott |
Museum number: 1858,0213.243 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Sir Francis Chantrey |
Production date: 1837

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7021 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7041 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7017 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print

Title: John Aitken. M.D. [sic] |
Museum number: 1889,0409.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:John Donaldson |
Production date: 1780-1820

print

Title: Priestley. |
Museum number: 1932,0507.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Gilbert Stuart |
Production date: 1830s

print

Title: A vase of summer flowers |
Museum number: 1927,0518.14 |
Producer name: BIOG196422 Printed by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1849

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: The courteous baronet or the Windsor advertiser |
Museum number: 1851,0308.227 |
Producer name: BIOG222790 Published by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1799

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: The courteous baronet or the Windsor advertiser |
Museum number: J,1.167 |
Producer name: BIOG222790 Published by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1799

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: The courteous baronet or the Windsor advertiser |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6838 |
Producer name: BIOG222790 Published by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1799

print

Title: P. Sept. Geta |
Museum number: X,8.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Thomas Gaugain |
Production date: 1785-1805

print; book-illustration

Title: Lord Nelson. |
Museum number: 1980,U.908 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WoolnothAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1833-1837

print; book-illustration

Title: Sir William Jones |
Museum number: 1920,1211.790 |
Producer name: Print made by:James PosselwhiteAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1833-1837

print

Title: Prince Rupert |
Museum number: 1865,0114.549 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print

Museum number: 1853,0112.1836 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1780s

print; frontispiece

Title: Lady Rachael Russell |
Museum number: G,7.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: A Storm |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2432 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:Samuel Smith |
Production date: 1777

print

Museum number: 1838,0714.121 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1792-1838

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7042 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7040 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print

Museum number: 1873,1213.204 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1799

print; book-illustration

Title: John Flaxman |
Museum number: 1876,1209.207 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Woodman IIAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1831

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7044 |
Producer name: BIOG33969 Print made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785-1805

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Duke of Connaught at Aldershot |
Museum number: 1902,1011.10237 |
Producer name: BIOG218600 Photographed by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1890

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Peter the Great |
Museum number: 1900,1231.207 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonPublished by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1815-1850

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Rev. Sir Adam Gordon Bart, M.A. |
Museum number: 1943,0410.791 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:H Stubble |
Production date: late 18th century

print; book-illustration

Title: Tower of the Old Church, Bradford. |
Museum number: 1860,0714.610 |
Producer name: BIOG18652 Print made by:John Bastin |
Production date: 1846-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: James Craggs, Esqr Senr |
Museum number: 1865,1111.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightIntermediary draughtsman:William Nelson Gardiner |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print

Title: J. H. Wollaston. |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1433 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)Print made by:William Holl (the Younger) |
Production date: 1824-1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Gleaners |
Museum number: 1906,0419.127 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Erasmus |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1621 |
Producer name: After:Hans Holbein the YoungerAfter:Georg Pencz |
Production date: 1827-1841 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Gay |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3203 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Christian Friedrich Zincke |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: James Stuart Esqr FRS |
Museum number: 1848,1125.382 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightPublished by:Elizabeth Stuart |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Hon,ble John Monck Mason |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6248 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Samuel Harding |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Going to School |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3326 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Huskisson |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1324 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Richard Rothwell |
Production date: 1832-1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: I will be a Lady |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3303 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Dollond |
Museum number: 1913,0528.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:James PosselwhitePublished by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1833-1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Keppler |
Museum number: 1939,0410.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:MackenziePublished by:Charles Knight |
Production date: mid 19th century |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1889,0603.20 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPublished by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Favorite Rabbit |
Museum number: 1873,0712.543 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:John Russell |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Marc Antonio Raimondi |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1611 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Holl (the Elder)After:Francesco Rosaspina |
Production date: 1827-1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Honble Lady Louisa Manners |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1972 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Bossuet |
Museum number: 1939,0410.63 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Woodman IIAfter:Hyacinthe Rigaud |
Production date: 1799-1859 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Honble Lady Louisa Manners |
Museum number: 1832,0418.12 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Penn |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1068 |
Producer name: Print made by:James PosselwhiteAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1813-1843 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Gustavus Adolphus |
Museum number: 1928,1210.352 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckPrint made by:James Posselwhite |
Production date: 19th century |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Palladio |
Museum number: 1983,U.2892 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Woodman IIAfter:Leandro Biglioschi |
Production date: 1850s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Ben Jonson |
Museum number: 1871,1209.916 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward ScrivenPublished by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1833-1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sir J Banks |
Museum number: 1951,1110.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Eden WagstaffAfter:Thomas Phillips |
Production date: 1815-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Elizth, Barry. |
Museum number: 1933,1014.391 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightIntermediary draughtsman:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Schiller |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1586 |
Producer name: Print made by:James PosselwhiteAfter:Faustino Anderloni |
Production date: 1850s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Band of Savoyards |
Museum number: 1917,1208.2365 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Charles Knight |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Inquiry |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1684 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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