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William James Linton

Also known as: William James Linton; primary name: Linton, William James
Details: individual; printmaker; author/poet; British; Male
Life dates: 1812-1897
Address: 85 Hatton Garden, London (1844-48) 33 Essex Street, Strand (1859-60)
Biography: Wood-engraver and radical writer. In 1842 he joined with his former employer John Orrin Smith to found, 'Smith and Linton.' The firm collapsed in 1848, Linton began illustrating natural history books and moved to the Lake District. He later returned to London and set up a new engraving business with Harvey Orrin Smith, Walter Crane was among his apprentices; worked as one of the engravers for Edward Moxon's famous illustrated edition of Tennyson's "Poems" (1857); engraved Dante Gabriel Rossetti's designs for Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market" (1865); In 1866 he moved to America and taught engraving at the Cooper Institute. He gave many of his prints to the BM from the USA.
Bibliography: F.B.Smith, 'Radical Artisan, W.J.Linton', Manchester 1973

302 related objects

book; book-illustration; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1865,1111.1426-1568 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Bradbury & Co |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing; album

Museum number: 1890,0521.9 |
Producer name: BIOG46179 Drawn by:Thomas Sibson |
Production date: 1832-1844

drawing; print; newspaper/periodical; album

Title: British Archaeological Association |
Museum number: 1866,0512.400-723 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Frederick William FairholtPrint made by:Day & Co |
Production date: 1814-1850

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

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1884,0726.82 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1680-1750

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1884,0726.90 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1680-1750

print

Title: Antoine Arnauld Docteur de Sorbonne |
Museum number: 1884,0726.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis SimonneauAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1670-1727

print; book-illustration

Title: Monti |
Museum number: 1884,0726.65 |
Producer name: BIOG23570 Print made by:Robert Cooper |
Production date: 1820s

print

Title: Marcellus Tit. S. Stephani... Effigies, nomina et cognomina... |
Museum number: 1884,0726.75 |
Producer name: BIOG48221 Print made by:Giuseppe Maria Testana |
Production date: 1660

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1884,0726.81 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1680-1750

print

Title: Philip de Mornay Lord of Plessis |
Museum number: 1884,0726.66 |
Producer name: BIOG49682 Print made by:George Vertue |
Production date: 1700-1756

print

Museum number: 1884,0726.94 |
Producer name: BIOG43645 Print made by:William Ridley |
Production date: 1799-1800

print

Title: Federicus Tit. S. Martini in Montib. S. R. E. Prer Card. Sfortia... |
Museum number: 1884,0726.76 |
Producer name: BIOG41930 Print made by:Étienne Picart |
Production date: 1646-1721

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1884,0726.87 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1680-1750

print

Title: Iulius Tit. S. Syxti S.R.E.Praesbr. Card. Rospigliosius Pistorien. IX Aprilis MDCLVII |
Museum number: 1884,0726.74 |
Producer name: BIOG39340 After:Giovanni Maria Morandi |
Production date: 1657-1670

print; book-illustration

Title: S.r Francis Drake |
Museum number: 1884,0726.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine BenoistAfter:Jacob Houbraken |
Production date: 1757

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1884,0726.83 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1680-1750

print

Museum number: 1889,0409.368 |
Producer name: BIOG31038 Print made by:Wilhelm Hecht |
Production date: 1885

print

Title: Thirty pictures by deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1870,0813.399 |
Producer name: After:John MartinBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Richmond Hill. |
Museum number: 1922,0209.18 |
Producer name: After:Walter CranePrint made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,1013.132 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Thomas Faed |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: May. - Mackerel Fishing. - Brighton Boats. |
Museum number: 1857,0613.1045 |
Producer name: BIOG35926 Block cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Going to the Derby. |
Museum number: 1922,0209.17 |
Producer name: After:Walter CranePrint made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: August. - Oyster Dredging in Whitstable Bay. |
Museum number: 1857,0613.1048 |
Producer name: BIOG35926 Block cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Legend of the Portent Manoli |
Museum number: 1992,0406.575-577 |
Producer name: After:Frederick SandysBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1860-1866 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Numa in the Grotto of Egeria |
Museum number: 1856,0913.123 |
Producer name: After:Henry HowardBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1847-1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.418.26 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Edward Duncan |
Production date: 1848 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sleeping Girl. |
Museum number: 2006,U.1364 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Elihu Vedder |
Production date: 1880 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Nature Thirty Pictures by Deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1900,0613.442 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: God Save the Queen |
Museum number: 1902,1011.8997 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry WarrenBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Choosing the Wedding Gown |
Museum number: 1856,0913.62 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyIntermediary draughtsman:John Wykeham Archer |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Marcantonio Raimondi Portraits of artists |
Museum number: 1884,0726.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro GhigiAfter:Luigi Agricola |
Production date: 1810-1830 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Prosper Tit. S. Calixti S. R. E. Presb. / Card. Ca Effigies Cardinalium nunc viventium |
Museum number: 1884,0726.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne PicartIntermediary draughtsman:Étienne Picart |
Production date: 1658-1676 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: My Treasure True or False? |
Museum number: 1992,0406.426-472 |
Producer name: After:Arthur Boyd HoughtonBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1861-1871 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.447 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Edward Henry Wehnert |
Production date: 1851

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Irish Courtship |
Museum number: 1856,0913.125 |
Producer name: After:Alfred Downing FrippPrint made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: July. _ Yachting off Mount.s Bay. |
Museum number: 1857,0613.1047 |
Producer name: BIOG35926 Block cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Birch's Heads |
Museum number: 1884,0726.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob HoubrakenAfter:Isaac Oliver |
Production date: 1738 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: December. - Cod Fishing. |
Museum number: 1857,0613.1052 |
Producer name: BIOG35926 Block cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Benjamin Franklin |
Museum number: 1884,0726.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerPrinted by:Charles Joseph Hullmandel |
Production date: 1810-1880 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: An English Merry-making, a Hundred Years Ago |
Museum number: 1856,0913.113 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:William Powell Frith |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: June. - Whitebait Fishing off Greenwich. |
Museum number: 1857,0613.1046 |
Producer name: BIOG35926 Block cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.331 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Thomas Faed |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1880,1113.1993 |
Producer name: BIOG35926 Print made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1846

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1990,0127.4.1-100 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph SwainPrint made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860-1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: An English Merry-making |
Museum number: 1858,1009.46 |
Producer name: After:William Powell FrithBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1870,0813.441 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Thomas Faed |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Thirty Pictures by Deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1870,0813.390 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Sir David Wilkie |
Production date: 1860

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The young widow: provided for |
Museum number: 1872,0413.503 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:W H Guido |
Production date: 1870-1872 |
Production place: Published in:New York (city)Published in:Boston (Massachusetts)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1884,0726.91 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1680-1750

print

Title: Le Président Jeannin |
Museum number: 1884,0726.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques LubinAfter:Robert Nanteuil |
Production date: 1675-1705

print

Title: Fridericus Maria S.R.I. Comes De Giovanelli ... |
Museum number: 1884,0726.55 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1776-1800

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1884,0726.80 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1680-1750

print

Museum number: 1874,0711.568 |
Producer name: After:John LeechBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1843

print

Museum number: 1920,1122.11 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1881

print; book-illustration

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

print

Title: Thirty pictures by deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1870,0813.385 |
Producer name: After:James NorthcoteBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print; book-illustration

Title: The painted record The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1875,0508.1357 |
Producer name: After:Frederic Leighton, Baron LeightonBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1862

print; book-illustration

Title: The escaped prisoner The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1875,0508.1355 |
Producer name: After:Frederic Leighton, Baron LeightonBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1862

print

Museum number: 1911,0116.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:William James LintonAfter:Jacob Houbraken |
Production date: 19th century

print

Museum number: 1884,0726.97 |
Producer name: BIOG35926 Print made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1827-1884

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

print

Title: Thirty pictures by deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1870,0813.401 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print

Title: The parting of Lord and Lady Russell Specimens of the English School |
Museum number: 1913,0717.30 |
Producer name: After:Charles LucyBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1852

print; book-illustration

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

print; book-illustration

Title: Entertainment in the Hall at Ellieslaw |
Museum number: 1874,0711.573 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:William Leighton Leitch |
Production date: 1843

print

Title: Thirty pictures by deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1870,0813.383 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrenceBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1011.164 |
Producer name: After:Clarkson StanfieldBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print

Museum number: 1874,0711.596 |
Producer name: After:Kenny MeadowsBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1827-1874

print; book-illustration

Title: 'But you will help me?' The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1875,0508.1366 |
Producer name: After:Frederic Leighton, Baron LeightonBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1862

print; book-illustration

Title: The happy moment |
Museum number: 1922,0209.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis Huard IIBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1866

print; book-illustration

Title: The first kiss The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1875,0508.1351 |
Producer name: After:Frederic Leighton, Baron LeightonBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1862

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.620 |
Producer name: After:Frederick Richard PickersgillBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1835-1874

print

Museum number: 1889,0409.362 |
Producer name: BIOG33934 Print made by:Moritz Klinkicht |
Production date: 1865-1893

print

Title: Death's Door Thirty Pictures by Deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1938,1201.27 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Luigi Schiavonetti |
Production date: 1852-1860

print

Title: Nicolaus Tit. S. Eusebii S.R.E. Presb. / Card. a Balneo |
Museum number: 1884,0726.45 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1657

print

Title: Peter Bayle |
Museum number: 1884,0726.47 |
Producer name: BIOG25702 Print made by:William Drummond |
Production date: 1826-1849

print; book-illustration

Title: A dangerous colleague The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1875,0508.1364 |
Producer name: After:Frederic Leighton, Baron LeightonBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1862

print

Museum number: 1890,0602.8 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Sir George Harvey |
Production date: 1859

print

Title: Thirty pictures by deceased British Artists |
Museum number: 1870,0813.405 |
Producer name: After:Richard WilsonBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1857-1860

print

Museum number: 1889,0409.366 |
Producer name: BIOG33934 Block cut by:Moritz Klinkicht |
Production date: 1880-1889

print; book-illustration

Title: Under the plane tree The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1875,0508.1350 |
Producer name: After:Frederic Leighton, Baron LeightonBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1862

print; book-illustration

Title: The Blind Scholar and his daughter The Cornhill Gallery |
Museum number: 1875,0508.1347 |
Producer name: After:Frederic Leighton, Baron LeightonBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1862

print

Title: The State-Trial Portraits. 1844 |
Museum number: 1852,1009.647 |
Producer name: Print made by:William James LintonAfter:Henry Anelay |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Title: Mariana in the South |
Museum number: 1862,1011.144 |
Producer name: After:Dante Gabriel RossettiBlock cut by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1884,0726.86 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1680-1750

print

Museum number: 1981,U.2969 |
Producer name: BIOG35926 Print made by:William James Linton |
Production date: 1861-1870

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Rembrandt |
Museum number: 1856,0913.203 |
Producer name: Block cut by:William James LintonAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1840-1856

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Queen and her Cabinet Ministers |
Museum number: 1902,1011.8969 |
Producer name: Print made by:William James LintonIntermediary draughtsman:Henry Anelay |
Production date: 1842

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