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Thomas Macklin

Also known as: Thomas Macklin; primary name: Macklin, Thomas
Details: individual; publisher/printer; British; Male
Life dates: c.1752/3-1800
Address: 1 Lincolns Inn Fields (1779) 39 Fleet Street, London (from 1790 to 1809) Poets Gallery, Fleet Street, London (in 1791-98) [same address, new title]
Biography: Printseller and publisher; began series of 'British Poets' in 1787, and his 'Bible' in 1790-1800. Died aged 40 on 15 October 1800; business continued by his widow Hannah until 1809 at same address. For the set of the Bible illustrations in the BM, see 1859,0312.246 to 380. For the illustrations to British Poets, see 1859,0709.724 to 747. Trade card in Heal Collection (Heal,100.48) advertises "Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street No.39." Heal's annotations on mount: "London Directories 1790-'93 give Thomas Macklin, printseller, at No.39. Fleet Street.."
Bibliography: ODNB Monthly Magazine 1 Feb. 1801 List of prices paid by Macklin for the paintings and the plates he commissioned T.S.R.Boase, 'Macklin and Bowyer', Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes XXVI 1963 pp.148ff. Maxted

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print

Title: Falstaff Reproved by King Henry Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1951,0702.12 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Shenner |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.317 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1815-1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Esther Accusing Haman Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.186 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.325 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Comedy |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2783 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Vestal Macklin's Poets Gallery |
Museum number: 1833,0715.21 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Nathan's Parable Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.229 |
Producer name: After:Richard Morton PayePrint made by:Jean Marie Delattre |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Spring Four seasons |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2789 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Electra and Chrysothemis |
Museum number: 1873,0809.301 |
Producer name: After:Angelica KauffmanPrint made by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rosalind, Celia & Touchstone Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1906,0419.137 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:John Chapman |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Abigail before David Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.185 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Andrew Kippis, D.D.F.R.S. & S.A. |
Museum number: S,7.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Artaud |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.365 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:Robert Shipster |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Lear & Cordelia Macklin's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1849,0721.506 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Jean Marie Delattre |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.322 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rural innocence |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2880 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.300 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPublished by:Thomas Macklin |
Production date: 1790-1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Manoah's Sacrifice Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.184 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rosalind, Celia & Touchstone Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1893,0731.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ChapmanAfter:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Blind Beggar and his Daughter of Bethnal Green |
Museum number: 1888,0716.240 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:John Chapman |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: General Elliot. |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3462 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert PollardAfter:Nathaniel Hone |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.269 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Ahijah fortelling the death of Abijah the son of J Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.195 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.370 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1790-1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Witches |
Museum number: 1849,0512.256 |
Producer name: After:Henry FuseliPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: C,2.683-687 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Benjamin VarleyPrint made by:William Skelton |
Production date: 1789-1801

print; book-illustration

Title: Paul Expelling the Evil Spirit from the Damsel of Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:James FittlerAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.304 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1790-1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.348 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Hobbinol & Ganderetta |
Museum number: 1940,1109.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Annunciation Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.189 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Peace and War |
Museum number: 1922,0410.314 |
Producer name: After:GuercinoPublished by:Thomas Macklin |
Production date: 1770 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.250 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:William Skelton |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Younger Pliny Reproved |
Museum number: 1864,0309.297 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BurkeAfter:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Supposed Death of Imogen Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1906,0419.140 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Thomas Cheesman |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Christ appeasing the storm Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.213 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:William Bromley |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Moses meeting his Wife and Sons Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.170 |
Producer name: Print made by:James FittlerAfter:William Artaud |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.358 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.343 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Drummer |
Museum number: 1906,0419.133 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:François David Soiron |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.313 |
Producer name: After:Arthur William DevisPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Amyntor and Theodora |
Museum number: 1848,1221.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.272 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:William Bromley |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.337 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPublished by:Thomas Macklin |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Autumn Four seasons |
Museum number: S,6.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Black-George |
Museum number: 1873,0712.442 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:John Chapman |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.284 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Macbeth and the Murderers Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1007 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:J Coles |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Christ Appearing to the Marys Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.196 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.292 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Birth of American Liberty |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2953 |
Producer name: Print made by:John OgborneAfter:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The destruction of Pharo's host Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.201 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Earl of Mansfield |
Museum number: 1831,0520.68 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsIntermediary draughtsman:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Light Infantry Man |
Museum number: 1873,0712.444 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:François David Soiron |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Vestal Macklin's Poets Gallery |
Museum number: 1917,1208.2422 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Christ Healing the Woman on the Sabbath Day Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.226 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Morning Employments |
Museum number: 1873,0712.454 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Selim or the Shepherd's Moral Macklin's British Poets |
Museum number: 1859,0709.739 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Falstaff at Justice Shallow's Mustering his Recrui Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1025 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:William Nelson Gardiner |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Presentation in the Temple Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.225 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BromleyAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Macbeth and the Murderers Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1906,0419.138 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:J Coles |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Honorable Edward Lord Hawke. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1654 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:Francis Cotes |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Marian |
Museum number: 1871,0812.2801 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Henry William Bunbury |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Prospero Disarming Ferdinand Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1013 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Francesco Bartolozzi |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.309 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1812-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Fluellen makeing Pistol eat the leek Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1018 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Robert Mitchell Meadows |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Falstaff Playing the Prince, the Prince Playing th Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1019 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPublished by:Thomas Macklin |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Edwin & Ethelinde |
Museum number: 1917,1208.2984 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:François David Soiron |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Elysium or Cupid Punish'd |
Museum number: 1860,0211.274 |
Producer name: Print made by:John OgborneAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Freeing of Amoret Macklin's British Poets |
Museum number: 1864,0309.290 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Erminia |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1167 |
Producer name: After:Angelica KauffmanPrint made by:John Keyse Sherwin |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The gold finch |
Museum number: 1891,0326.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Francis Wheatley |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Amyntor and Theodora |
Museum number: 1848,1221.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1862,1213.12 |
Producer name: After:Lady Diana BeauclerkPublished by:Thomas Macklin |
Production date: 1752-1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1849,0721.401 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Robert Samuel Marcuard |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Departure of Lott Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.238 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Marie DelattreAfter:Henry Tresham |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The angel binding Satan Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.219 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.257 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Holy Family Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.231 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tempest Macklin's British Poets |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1201 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Philip James de Loutherbourg |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Evening Amusement |
Museum number: 1929,0611.137 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BlakeAfter:Antoine Watteau |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.353 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:William Skelton |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.221 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HallAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.339 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Saul presenting his daughter Merab, to David Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.245 |
Producer name: After:Samuel WoodfordePrint made by:Jean Marie Delattre |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.279 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:William Bromley |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Light-Horseman |
Museum number: 1873,0712.446 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:François David Soiron |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.378 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1790-1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dogberry and Verges with the Watch Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery |
Museum number: 1865,0610.1014 |
Producer name: After:Henry William BunburyPrint made by:Robert Mitchell Meadows |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Winter Four seasons |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2792 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Woman of Samaria Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.190 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Belshazzar's Feast Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:P ThomsonAfter:William Artaud |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Vestal Macklin's Poets Gallery |
Museum number: 1880,0807.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Vestal Macklin's Poets Gallery |
Museum number: Aa,13.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.305 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1790-1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1839,0413.9 |
Producer name: After:Benjamin WestPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.356 |
Producer name: After:Philip James de LoutherbourgPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Macklin's Bible |
Museum number: 1859,0312.380 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SkeltonAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lavinia Macklin's British Poets |
Museum number: 1859,0709.734 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Triumph of Mercy Macklin's British Poets |
Museum number: 1859,0709.724 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Artaud |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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