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Burnet Reading

Also known as: Burnet Reading; primary name: Reading, Burnet; other name: Benjamin
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1749/50-1838
Address: 'At Mr Lewis's, Great Newport Street, Long Acre' (in 1799)
Biography: Engraver and draughtsman; born in Colchester, in London by 1770; engraved portraits, some in stipple, for booksellers and magazines.

121 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1868,0822.5785-5796 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:Thomas Rodd the Elder |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1848,1125.328 |
Producer name: BIOG43224 Print made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1775-1838

print

Title: B Reading, Engraver |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2689 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1798

print

Title: Richard III, Act III, Scene I Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1887,0613.116 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1802

print; book-illustration

Title: Kalmucks Removing |
Museum number: 1868,1114.430 |
Producer name: After:John BewickPrint made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1788-1806

print; book-illustration

Title: Alas, Maria! |
Museum number: 1871,0114.97 |
Producer name: After:Isaac CruikshankAfter:Savillon |
Production date: 1795

print

Museum number: K,58.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:William Marshall |
Production date: 1806

print; admission-ticket; invitation

Museum number: J,9.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1770-1779

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.2355 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:George Romney |
Production date: 1821

print; book-illustration

Title: Theophilus Buckeridge, M.A. |
Museum number: 1865,0114.224 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Abraham Wivell I |
Production date: 1820

print

Museum number: 1926,0331.566 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lumb StocksPrint made by:J Godden |
Production date: 1827-1892

print; book-illustration

Title: Kirguisians at the Ruins of Bulgari |
Museum number: 1868,1114.425 |
Producer name: After:John BewickPrint made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1788-1806

print; frontispiece

Title: The Alto-Relievo in the Front of the Shakspeare Ga Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3406 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Thomas Banks |
Production date: 1802

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Horace Walpole. |
Museum number: 1889,0409.281 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1765-1817

print

Title: Edmund Fanning Esqr L.L.D. |
Museum number: 1875,0814.2486 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:J Goddard |
Production date: 1765-1838

print

Title: Titus Andronicus, Act IV, Scene I Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3513 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Thomas Kirk |
Production date: 1802

print

Title: Erasmus |
Museum number: 1927,0308.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:George Farington |
Production date: 1752-1838

print; book-illustration

Title: Alas, Maria! |
Museum number: 1977,U.694 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Isaac Cruikshank |
Production date: 1795

print

Title: Mary Sidney Countess of Pembroke |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1726 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Simon van de Passe |
Production date: 1770-1838

print

Title: Thomas Rodd |
Museum number: 1876,1209.443 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Abraham Wivell I |
Production date: 1822

print; frontispiece

Museum number: K,58.132 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:John Graham |
Production date: 1776-1778

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Smith as Phocyas |
Museum number: K,64.194 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1777

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Younge in the character of Merope |
Museum number: K,63.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:John James Barralet |
Production date: 1776

print

Title: Mr John Reeve |
Museum number: 1933,1014.538 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Thomas Charles Wageman |
Production date: 1800-1830

print

Title: John Balfour or Burley |
Museum number: K,141.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Thomas Charles Wageman |
Production date: 1810-1850

print; book-illustration

Museum number: K,239.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1777

print; book-illustration

Title: A Tschulym Wedding |
Museum number: 1868,1114.435 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyPrint made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1788-1806

print; book-illustration

Title: Great Hall, Craignethan Castle |
Museum number: 1892,0714.529 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GoodyearPrint made by:William James Taylor |
Production date: 1835

print; almanac

Title: The Country Child |
Museum number: 1868,0612.896 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:Lumb Stocks |
Production date: 1841-1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Natl. Lee |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7715 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:Thomas Rodd the Elder |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: C,3.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1788

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Macklin and Mr Dunstall, in the character os Sr Francis Wronghead and John Moody |
Museum number: K,59.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Daniel Dodd |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: David Garrick Esqr |
Museum number: Ee,3.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:William Richardson |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,0114.95 |
Producer name: After:Isaac CruikshankAfter:Savillon |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Reverendissimus in Christo Pater et Dnus D. Jacobus Sharpius Sti. Andreas Archepisc, Scotiae Primus. |
Museum number: 1859,1008.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:David Loggan |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Bellamy & Lady Lindsey & Son Bellamy's Apology |
Museum number: Ee,5.45 |
Producer name: After:Johann Heinrich RambergPrint made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,0114.94 |
Producer name: After:Isaac CruikshankAfter:Savillon |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sr Isaac Newton |
Museum number: 1875,0508.635 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Sir Peter Lely |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Macklin and Mr Dunstall, in the character os Sr Francis Wronghead and John Moody |
Museum number: K,62.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Daniel Dodd |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs. Bulkeley as Princess of France. |
Museum number: K,58.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Gervase Markham |
Museum number: K,62.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Thomas Cross |
Production date: 1780-1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1983,U.2407.1-52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:Thomas Rodd the Elder |
Production date: 1820-1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sir Alan Gardner Bart. |
Museum number: 1866,1110.1427 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Theophilus Clarke |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Wilson & Mrs Mattocks, in the characters of Ben & Miss Prue |
Museum number: K,62.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Museum number: 1871,0114.92 |
Producer name: After:Isaac CruikshankAfter:Savillon |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Quick in the character of Judge Gripus |
Museum number: K,63.134 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr. Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph |
Museum number: 1865,0520.152 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sit Thomas Smith, Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth |
Museum number: 1897,0813.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Jacob Houbraken |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,0114.93 |
Producer name: After:Isaac CruikshankAfter:Savillon |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Hull in the character of King Charles |
Museum number: K,61.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Hulme Hall. - Lancashire Beauties of England and Wales |
Museum number: 1917,1208.4501 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPrint made by:James Stewart |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Bacchant |
Museum number: 1867,1214.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Charles Catton I |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; admission-ticket; advertisement

Museum number: J,9.458-467 |
Producer name: Print made by:William DarlingPrint made by:William Simpkins |
Production date: 1787-1813

print; book-illustration

Title: Great Hall, Craignethan Castle |
Museum number: 1926,0331.715 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GoodyearPrint made by:William James Taylor |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Horace Walpole |
Museum number: K,66.30 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1765-1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Thomas Allin |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1811 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Sheridan in the character of Oedipus |
Museum number: K,64.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0721.912 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, and Elizabeth his Dutchess [sic] |
Museum number: 1859,1008.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Robert Williams |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Charity |
Museum number: 2010,7081.409 |
Producer name: After:Burnet ReadingPublished by:P Gally |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: General Baron de Steuben |
Museum number: 1869,0612.180 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Pierre Eugene du Simitière |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Wilson & Mrs Mattocks, in the characters of Ben & Miss Prue |
Museum number: K,66.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Natl. Lee |
Museum number: Ii,3.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:Thomas Rodd the Elder |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Thomas Rodd |
Museum number: 1865,0114.544 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Abraham Wivell I |
Production date: 1822

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Horace Walpole. |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1480 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Sir Joshua Reynolds |
Production date: 1765-1817

print

Title: Richard III, Act III, Scene I Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3491 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1802

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7749 |
Producer name: BIOG43224 Print made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1780-1820

print

Museum number: 1876,1209.439 |
Producer name: BIOG43224 Print made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1790-1830

print

Museum number: 1932,1207.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:I Calvert |
Production date: 1765-1838

print

Title: Colonel Edmund Fanning |
Museum number: 1936,1207.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Max RosenthalAfter:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1851-1918

print

Title: B Reading, Engraver |
Museum number: 1876,1209.438 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1798

print

Title: Titus Andronicus, Act IV, Scene I Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1887,0613.117 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Thomas Kirk |
Production date: 1802

print

Title: The Right Honourable Charles Talbot, / Duke of Shrewsbury. |
Museum number: 1980,U.879 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Robert White |
Production date: 1770-1838

print

Title: James Butler, / First Duke of Ormond. |
Museum number: 1875,0508.679 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:David Loggan |
Production date: 1821

print

Museum number: Ee,3.15 |
Producer name: BIOG43224 Print made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1764-1837

print; frontispiece

Title: The Alto-Relievo in the Front of the Shakspeare Ga Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3405 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Thomas Banks |
Production date: 1802

print; frontispiece

Title: The Alto-Relievo in the Front of the Shakspeare Ga Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: G,8.163 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Thomas Banks |
Production date: 1802

print

Title: B Reading, Engraver |
Museum number: Heal,Portraits.149 |
Producer name: BIOG24757 Print made by:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1798

print; frontispiece

Title: [Mr. Benson as Timurkan] |
Museum number: K,57.231 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:John Graham |
Production date: 1797

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr H. Johnston and Mrs Pope as Romeo and Juliet |
Museum number: K,61.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Adam Buck |
Production date: 1795-1810

print

Title: Mr H. Roxby Beverley, in nine characters, in the Piece of Nine to One |
Museum number: 1875,0710.6016 |
Producer name: Print made by:Piercy RobertsAfter:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1810-1830

print; book-illustration

Title: Great Hall, Craignethan Castle |
Museum number: 1892,0714.530 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GoodyearPrint made by:William James Taylor |
Production date: 1835

print; book-illustration

Title: Great Hall, Craignethan Castle |
Museum number: 1898,1112.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GoodyearPrint made by:William James Taylor |
Production date: 1835

print

Title: Sir Henry Spelman, Knt |
Museum number: 1892,1201.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:M Booth |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:Norwich (Norfolk)

print

Title: King Richard the Third. Act 3. Scene I Shakespeare Gallery (small series) |
Museum number: J,29.89 |
Producer name: After:James NorthcotePrint made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: David Garrick Esqr |
Museum number: 1868,0328.671 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:William Richardson |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Edward Gibbon Esqr. |
Museum number: 1865,0520.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Great Hall, Craignethan Castle |
Museum number: 1926,0331.248 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph GoodyearPrint made by:William James Taylor |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: Sir Samuel Morland |
Museum number: 1862,1011.647 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Pierre Lombart |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mr. Benson as Timurkan |
Museum number: K,57.230 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:John Graham |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Sr Thomas Allin |
Museum number: 1853,0112.1812 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Peter Vandrebanc |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Right Honourable Robert Earl & Viscount Yarmouth Baron of Paston ... |
Museum number: 1900,1130.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Peter Vandrebanc |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Yates in the character of Don Manuel |
Museum number: K,66.153 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Hope |
Museum number: 2010,7081.408 |
Producer name: After:Burnet ReadingPublished by:P Gally |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Francis Hayman Esqr |
Museum number: 1877,1013.1189 |
Producer name: Print made by:D P ParisetPrint made by:Burnet Reading |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: John Harrison Esqr, Inventor of the Time Keeper |
Museum number: 1873,0712.693 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:John Sewell |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Yates as Cleopatra |
Museum number: K,66.164 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: James Graham, of Claverhouse, / Viscount of Dundee. |
Museum number: 1859,1008.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingPublished by:Thomas Rodd the Elder |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Robert Walker, Painter, Obiit 1658 |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2597 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:Pierre Lombart |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Yates in the character of Don Manuel |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1260 |
Producer name: Print made by:Burnet ReadingAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)