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Richard Livesay

Also known as: Richard Livesay; primary name: Livesay, Richard
Details: individual; publisher/printer; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1750-1826
Address: Dates from Exeter Working Papers in Book History: Mr. Spilsbury's, Tavistock Street 1776 at Mrs. Hogarth's, Leicester Fields 1777-85 Newman Street 1787-89 Windsor 1790-93 Portsea 1796-1804 134, Leadenhall Street 1812 Winchester 1821
Biography: Painter and engraver, mostly portraits, occasionally miniatures and marine subjects, and also published prints by Francesco Bartolozzi and acted as agent buying prints for Lord Charlemont. Entered RA Schools as draughtsman 1774; exh. RA 1776-1821; 1776, at James Spilsbury's (q.v.), Tavistock Street; 1777-85, at Mrs. Hogarth's house, 14 Leicester Fields, making copies and engravings after Hogarth; became pupil and assistant to Benjamin West, 1776-1821, painting copies for him at Windsor; moved to Windsor to teach drawing to royal children 1790-93; from 1796 active as drawing master at Royal Naval College at Portsea. His birth date is sometimes given as 1753 and death date as c. 1823, but according to the 2015 edition of De Gruyter he was born 8 December 1750 and died November 1826.
Bibliography: ODNB Exeter Working Papers in Book History De Gruyter

79 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: Z,3.1-95 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Thomas Cook |
Production date: 1782-1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Transubstantiation satirized. |
Museum number: 1875,0213.391 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel IrelandAfter:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Title: Parson's Head The Happy Marriage |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1587 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Monument of the Lord Shorland in Minster Church Hogarth's Tour |
Museum number: Cc,1.199 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Museum number: Cc,3.56 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Arms of the Foundling Hospital |
Museum number: 1861,0209.210 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Hogarth's Crest |
Museum number: Cc,1.202 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rear Admiral, Sir Thomas Louis, Bart. K.M.T. & K.F. &c. &c. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1769 |
Producer name: Print made by:James DaniellAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 2 A Rake's Progress |
Museum number: 1861,0209.199 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Genius & Industry |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2636 |
Producer name: Print made by:George DaweAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Arms of the Foundling Hospital |
Museum number: Cc,1.141 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Cottage Spinsters |
Museum number: 1873,0809.332 |
Producer name: Print made by:George DaweAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Museum number: 1868,0808.4056 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joseph |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2969 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert DunkartonAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death George Taylor's Epitaph |
Museum number: Cc,1.190 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Monument of a Spanish Embasador, in Minster Ch Hogarth's Tour |
Museum number: Cc,1.200 |
Producer name: After:Samuel ScottPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Shrimps |
Museum number: Cc,1.186 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Iahn Bigg the Dinton Hermit |
Museum number: J,4.309 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard LivesayPublished by:William Richardson |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Breakfasting &c. Hogarth's Tour |
Museum number: Cc,1.196 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Upnor Castle Hogarth's Tour |
Museum number: Cc,1.195 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthAfter:Samuel Scott |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Museum number: Cc,3.57 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The introduction of Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of York, to the Royal Family... |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3554 |
Producer name: Print made by:John MurphyAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Rev. Legh Richmond, A.M. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1939 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph CollyerAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1773-1823

print

Title: Charlotte Queen of Great Britain |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2497 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1776-1815

print; satirical print

Title: Parson's Head The Happy Marriage |
Museum number: 1893,1115.3 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1788

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: A Madonna and Child, and a Friar's Foot |
Museum number: 1858,0417.481 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1794

print; satirical print

Museum number: 1861,0209.207 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Frontispiece Hogarth's Tour |
Museum number: Cc,1.193 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Town of Queenborough Hogarth's Tour |
Museum number: Cc,1.198 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Taylor's Epitaph |
Museum number: 1861,0209.204 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View from Rochester Bridge Hogarth's Tour |
Museum number: Cc,1.194 |
Producer name: After:Samuel ScottPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Fat Man upset like a Turtle |
Museum number: 1861,0209.203 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Boys Peeping at Nature |
Museum number: 1861,0209.201 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Charmers of the Age |
Museum number: 1861,0209.206 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Charmers of the Age |
Museum number: 1858,0417.569 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mask and Palette |
Museum number: S,2.83 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPublished by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781

print

Title: the Grand Review near Freshwater Bay on the 17th of June 1798 |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1089 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WellsAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:Portsea

print

Title: Young Cottagers |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2929 |
Producer name: Print made by:James DaniellAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1780s-1800s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dor F Willis |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3553 |
Producer name: Print made by:John MurphyAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1753-1809

print; satirical print

Title: Hogarth's crest |
Museum number: 1861,0209.197 |
Producer name: BIOG35996 Published by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782

print

Museum number: S,7.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1794

print

Title: Theobald Wolfe, Esquire |
Museum number: 1915,0216.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Robert Home |
Production date: 1785

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: Transubstantiation satirized. |
Museum number: 1858,0417.480 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1794

print; book-illustration

Title: Captn. Charles Lydiard, R.N |
Museum number: 1920,1211.888 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Richard CookAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1808

print; book-illustration

Title: John Fothergill M.D. F.R.S. |
Museum number: 1891,0414.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782

print; book-illustration

Title: John Fothergill M.D. F.R.S. |
Museum number: 1874,0613.1403 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782

print

Title: Mr Ben: Read. |
Museum number: Cc,1.188 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard LivesayAfter:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Genius & Industry |
Museum number: 1873,0809.331 |
Producer name: Print made by:George DaweAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: The Jacobite's Journal Frontispiece to the Jacobites Journal |
Museum number: 1861,0209.205 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Jean Pierre Blanchard |
Museum number: 1871,0812.4064 |
Producer name: Print made by:James NewtonAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Gabriel Hunt |
Museum number: Cc,1.187 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard LivesayAfter:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Jean Pierre Blanchard |
Museum number: 1872,0713.135 |
Producer name: Print made by:James NewtonAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Gabriel Hunt |
Museum number: 1861,0209.212 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Young Foresters |
Museum number: 1873,0809.333 |
Producer name: Print made by:John MurphyAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: Cc,1.185 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The introduction of Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of York, to the Royal Family... |
Museum number: 1902,1011.8188.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:John MurphyAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: A Rake's Progress, Plate 2 A Rake's Progress |
Museum number: 1861,0209.198 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Museum number: 1891,0414.68 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mask and Palette |
Museum number: 1861,0209.200 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPublished by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781

print; satirical print

Title: The Charmers of the Age |
Museum number: Cc,1.125.+ |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dr. John Fothergill |
Museum number: S,7.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782

print

Title: George the Third, King of Great Britain &c &c |
Museum number: I,8.131 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard Bernard GodfreyAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1790-1793

print

Title: The Right Honble Earl of Charlemont |
Museum number: 1939,0711.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:John DeanAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1785

print; satirical print

Title: Parson's Head The Happy Marriage |
Museum number: Cc,1.203 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1788

print

Title: Satan Sin & Death |
Museum number: 1858,0417.477 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1792

print

Title: Death Giving George Taylor a Cross Buttock George Taylor's Epitaph |
Museum number: Cc,1.191 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Ben: Read. |
Museum number: 1861,0209.211 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Parson's Head The Happy Marriage |
Museum number: 1861,0209.208 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: George Taylor's Epitaph |
Museum number: Cc,1.189 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Embarcation Hogarth's Tour |
Museum number: Cc,1.197 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthAfter:Samuel Scott |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tale-Piece Hogarth's Tour |
Museum number: Cc,1.201 |
Producer name: After:William HogarthPrint made by:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Genius & Industry |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2637 |
Producer name: Print made by:George DaweAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rear Admiral, Sir Thomas Louis |
Museum number: 1902,1011.573 |
Producer name: Print made by:James DaniellAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Jean Pierre Blanchard |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1507 |
Producer name: Print made by:James NewtonAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Willm Stewart Esqr |
Museum number: 1943,0410.2571 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles KnightAfter:Gavin Hamilton |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Sr. Erasmus Gower K.t |
Museum number: 1865,0114.354 |
Producer name: Print made by:William RidleyAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: the Volunteers receiving the Island Banner, presented to them by his Lordship at Carisbrook Castle, |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1090 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WellsAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:Portsea

print

Title: View of West Cowes with the Volunteers on the Parade |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1091 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WellsAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:Portsea

print

Title: The Grand Review at Sandham Bay in the Isle of Wight, on the 4th of June 1798 |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1088 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WellsAfter:Richard Livesay |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:Portsea

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