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Samuel Sparrow

Also known as: Samuel Sparrow; primary name: Sparrow, Samuel
Details: individual; printmaker; publisher/printer; British; Male
Other dates: 1770-1806 (fl.)
Address: No.17, Rosoman's Row, Clerkenwell, London No.54, Rosoman's Row, Clerkenwell, London
Biography: Engraver and occasional caricaturist. Two similar trade cards in Banks Collection. Banks,59.181 advertises "S: Sparrow, Engraver. No.17, Rosoman's Row, Clerkenwell." The other card, Banks,59.182, gives the address as No.54, Rosoman's Row.

158 related objects

album; print

Title: Leyston Abbey, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.644 |
Producer name: Published by:S HooperPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1785

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1972,U.350.1-27 |
Producer name: Published by:Edward HardingAfter:Moses Griffith |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1944,1014.220.132-201 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanPublished by:M A Nattali |
Production date: 1810-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1944,1014.220.1-61 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanPublished by:M A Nattali |
Production date: 1805-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1944,1014.220.62-131 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanPublished by:M A Nattali |
Production date: 1809-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Dunsinane |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6230 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:F Grosse |
Production date: 1791

print; book-illustration

Title: A View from the Devils Bridge in Cardiganshire |
Museum number: 1948,0214.126 |
Producer name: After:Samuel Hieronymus GrimmPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1780

print; book-illustration

Title: Stranger's Hall, Christ Church, Canterbury |
Museum number: 1879,0614.524 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Francis Grose |
Production date: 1782

print; book-illustration

Title: Roan in France |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6233 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Jean Baptiste Lallemand |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Marseilles [sic] |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6217 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Cathedral at Trois in Champaign [sic] |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6250 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Israel Silvestre |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Tamworth |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6235 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: The court of aldermen |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9918 |
Producer name: BIOG46881 Print made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1770

print; satirical print; book-illustration

Title: The court of aldermen |
Museum number: 1868,0808.9917 |
Producer name: BIOG46881 Print made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1770

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.300 |
Producer name: After:Henry Aston BarkerPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1811

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.302 |
Producer name: After:Henry Aston BarkerPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1812

print; almanac

Title: Kings College old building |
Museum number: 1912,0319.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:John Burford |
Production date: 1822

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.304 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1813

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.288 |
Producer name: After:Joshua Kirby BaldreyPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1805

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.320 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1821

print; almanac

Title: Jesus College |
Museum number: 1859,1008.324 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Druids temple, in the Isle of Jersey Pl.2 |
Museum number: 1919,0415.813 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1787

print; book-illustration

Title: Stranger's Hall, Christ Church, Canterbury |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4756 |
Producer name: After:Francis GrosePrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1782

print

Museum number: Y,6.2 |
Producer name: BIOG46881 Print made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1800-1837

print

Title: Helmsley Castle, Yorkshire |
Museum number: 1956,0725.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1787

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire Pl 1 |
Museum number: 1873,0712.911 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1785

print; book-illustration

Title: Pomfret Castle |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6205 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Harwood Castle, Yorkshire, Pl 2 |
Museum number: 1873,0712.913 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1780s

print; book-illustration

Title: Shrewsbury |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6270 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Coninsburgh Castle |
Museum number: 1873,0712.912 |
Producer name: BIOG46881 Print made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1774

print

Title: Castle Ashby |
Museum number: G,10.121 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Moses Griffith |
Production date: 1782

print

Title: Walden Castle, Essex |
Museum number: 1913,0322.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1787

print

Title: St Mary Magdalen's Church Colchester |
Museum number: 1913,0322.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1783

print; book-illustration

Title: York |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6255 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print

Museum number: 1982,U.1480 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1788

print; book-illustration

Title: Eaton [sic] |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6262 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; book-illustration

Title: Sandal Castle, near Wakefield, Yorkshire |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6238 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print; almanac

Title: Kings College old building |
Museum number: 1859,1008.322 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1822

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.326 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1824

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.296 |
Producer name: After:Joshua Kirby BaldreyPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1809

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.314 |
Producer name: After:Robert BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1818

print

Title: Latton Priory, Essex |
Museum number: 1913,0322.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1784

print; book-illustration

Title: Waltham Cross |
Museum number: 1882,0114.162 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:William Alexander |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Llanrwst Bridge |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5372 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Stock Rock, Milford Haven |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6192 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Cross at Glastonbury, Somersetshire |
Museum number: 1881,1210.265 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Joseph Clarendon Smith |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; trade-card

Museum number: Banks,59.182 |
Producer name: BIOG46881 Print made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1960,0404.1.12 |
Producer name: Published by:W WigsteadPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Bush Hill, the Seat of Willm Mellish Esqr |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.26.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:William Ellis |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Hornsey |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.21.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:William Ellis |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Broadstairs in the Isle of Thanet |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5368 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Henry VIIths Chapel, View in the North Aile |
Museum number: 1880,0911.1145 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Joseph Clarendon Smith |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1960,0404.1.6 |
Producer name: Printed by:C ClarkePublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1783-87 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Vale Church, Guernsey |
Museum number: 1919,0415.807 |
Producer name: Published by:S HooperPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: View of Booth's Hall |
Museum number: 1881,1210.160 |
Producer name: After:Edward DayesPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Newhaven, Sussex |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1659 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1960,0404.1.5 |
Producer name: Printed by:C ClarkePublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1783-87 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Marsh Castle Guernsey |
Museum number: 1919,0415.808 |
Producer name: Published by:S HooperPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Theobalds |
Museum number: G,7.207 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Edward Harding |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Savoy Church, London |
Museum number: 1880,1113.2877 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: J,12.1-143 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis LegouxPrint made by:Lambert Antoine Claessens |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Lambeth Palace, Surrey |
Museum number: G,1.192 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1960,0404.1.7 |
Producer name: Printed by:C ClarkePublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1783-87 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Lambeth Palace, Surrey, Pl 2 |
Museum number: 1880,1113.5431.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Duke of Monmouth, after his defeat, exchanging Cloaths with a Shepherd |
Museum number: 1872,0113.191 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Charles Benazech |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Hornsey |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.30.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:William Ellis |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: St. Sampson's church, Guernsey |
Museum number: 1919,0415.810 |
Producer name: Published by:S HooperPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Barn Door Rock near Lulworth Cove, Dorsetshire |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5185 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bishop's Palace, Lincoln |
Museum number: Ee,6.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Rye House Hertfordshire |
Museum number: 1927,1126.1.27.35 |
Producer name: BIOG46881 Print made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1772-1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Savoy Church, London. Pl 2 |
Museum number: G,6.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1960,0404.1.10 |
Producer name: Published by:W WigsteadPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Castle Coronet, Guernsey |
Museum number: 1981,U.2768 |
Producer name: Published by:S HooperPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Stanstead House |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5143 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:John Nixon |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Entrance to London by the Obelisk in the Surry Road |
Museum number: 1880,1113.5355 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1960,0404.1.4 |
Producer name: Printed by:C ClarkePublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1783-87 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Florence |
Museum number: 1868,0822.6220 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:Sylvester Harding |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Eastbury House Essex |
Museum number: 1913,0322.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1783

print; almanac

Title: The Obesrvatory |
Museum number: 1912,0319.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Richard Bankes Harraden |
Production date: 1825

print; book-illustration

Title: Dartmouth castle, Devonshire |
Museum number: 1946,0710.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Samuel Prout |
Production date: 1801

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.318 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1820

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.312 |
Producer name: After:Robert BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1817

print; almanac

Title: Emmanuel College |
Museum number: 1859,1008.290 |
Producer name: After:Joshua Kirby BaldreyPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1806

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.310 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1816

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.306 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1814

print; almanac

Title: Jesus College |
Museum number: 1912,0319.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:John Burford |
Production date: 1823

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.316 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1819

print; almanac

Title: Emmanuel College |
Museum number: 1878,0713.2000 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:Joshua Kirby Baldrey |
Production date: 1806

print; almanac

Title: Queen's College |
Museum number: 1912,0319.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowAfter:John Burford |
Production date: 1824

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.286 |
Producer name: After:Joshua Kirby BaldreyPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1803

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.292 |
Producer name: After:Joshua Kirby BaldreyPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1807

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.294 |
Producer name: After:Joshua Kirby BaldreyPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1808

print

Title: Articles in use among the inhabitants of the Friendly Islands. |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.169 |
Producer name: After:Edward HardingPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: Apr 20 1800

print

Title: Articles in use among the inhabitants of the Friendly Islands. |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.168 |
Producer name: After:Edward HardingPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 20 April 1800

print; almanac

Title: Emmanuel College |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1999 |
Producer name: After:Joshua Kirby BaldreyPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1806

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.308 |
Producer name: After:John BurfordPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1815

print; almanac

Museum number: 1859,1008.298 |
Producer name: After:Joshua Kirby BaldreyPrint made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1810

print

Museum number: Y,6.1 |
Producer name: BIOG46881 Print made by:Samuel Sparrow |
Production date: 1800-1837

print

Title: A Spider which the New Caledonians Eat |
Museum number: 2017,2010.7 |
Producer name: Printed by:J DebrettAfter:Jean Piron |
Production date: 1800

print; book-illustration

Title: Plashey Castle, Essex |
Museum number: 1913,0322.63 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel SparrowPublished by:S Hooper |
Production date: 1784

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