Collections Online | British Museum

Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

William Luson Thomas

Also known as: William Luson Thomas; primary name: Thomas, William Luson
Details: individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1830-1900
Biography: Wood-engraver, metal engraver, watercolourist and newspaper proprietor. Worked in collaboration with his brother George Housman Thomas Paris, New York and Rome before returning to London where he co-founded "The Graphic" in 1869.
Bibliography: ODNB

127 related objects

book; book-illustration; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.203.l |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasAfter:George Du Maurier |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.203.m |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasAfter:George Du Maurier |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Coming home |
Museum number: 1922,0209.85 |
Producer name: BIOG48380 Block cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print; book-illustration

Title: James Perry, of 'The Morning Chronicle' |
Museum number: 1980,U.926 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Abraham Wivell I |
Production date: 1850-1865

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: I met her by the yard-gate Home |
Museum number: 1992,0406.552-560 |
Producer name: After:George John PinwellBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866-1871 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.202 |
Producer name: After:Percy William JustyneAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: "Satan touched by Ithuriel's spear, while whispering evil dreams to evil" |
Museum number: 1859,0312.414 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1850

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The water drinkers |
Museum number: 2009,7084.22 |
Producer name: After:John PhillipPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1868

print

Title: Crystal Palace, June 10, 1854. Pictures of the Crystal Palace |
Museum number: 1918,1010.60 |
Producer name: Intermediary draughtsman:George Housman ThomasAfter:Philip Henry Delamotte |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Crystal Palace. / Greek Court, South Side. Pictures of the Crystal Palace |
Museum number: 1918,1010.63 |
Producer name: Intermediary draughtsman:George Housman ThomasAfter:Philip Henry Delamotte |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Victoria |
Museum number: 1922,0209.45 |
Producer name: After:Elizabeth M OsborneBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print

Title: Lord Chief Baron Kelly |
Museum number: 1980,U.805 |
Producer name: BIOG48380 Print made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1850-1865

print; book-illustration

Title: Th Miser |
Museum number: 1918,1010.53 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The shadowy land |
Museum number: 1918,1010.50 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; book

Museum number: 1996,1104.35 |
Producer name: After:Frederick Richard PickersgillAfter:Sir John Tenniel |
Production date: 1858 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1996,1104.5 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:Edinburgh

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.220 |
Producer name: After:Albert Henry WarrenAfter:Joseph Nash |
Production date: 1859 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: A Proposal. |
Museum number: 1922,0209.46 |
Producer name: Block cut by:James Abbott PasquierPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The uprooted |
Museum number: 1918,1010.51 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1996,1104.19 |
Producer name: After:William Harry RogersAfter:William S Brunton |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Hats and Feathers |
Museum number: 1922,0209.49 |
Producer name: After:Frederick John SkillBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print

Museum number: 2006,U.1490 |
Producer name: BIOG48380 Block cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1850-1865

print; book-illustration

Title: The cut finger |
Museum number: 1898,0114.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Pierre Édouard Frère |
Production date: 1859

print; book-illustration

Title: Reflection |
Museum number: 1922,0209.43 |
Producer name: After:Thomas MortenBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print

Title: Bashi Bazouks playing at chess |
Museum number: 1898,0114.5 |
Producer name: After:Alexandre BidaPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1859

print; book-illustration

Title: Nawadaha the Singer. |
Museum number: 1900,0613.434 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1855-1868

print; book-illustration

Title: Going to the opera |
Museum number: 1922,0209.21 |
Producer name: After:Thomas Francis DickseeBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print; book-illustration

Title: Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland. |
Museum number: 1922,0209.16 |
Producer name: After:Edward Henry CorbouldPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.201.b |
Producer name: After:Henry Courtney SelousAfter:William Paton Burton |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Peace Rejoicings - Hoisting the Royal Standard at the Tower of London |
Museum number: 1856,0913.227 |
Producer name: BIOG48380 Print made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1874,0711.660 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1850-1868

print; map; newspaper/periodical

Title: The fleet at the Great Naval Review at Spithead Picture Map of the Baltic Sea |
Museum number: 1856,0712.1115 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Edward Duncan |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: For the Last Time |
Museum number: 2009,7022.14 |
Producer name: After:Emily Mary OsbornPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1864 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1874,0711.661 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1850-1868

print; almanac; newspaper/periodical

Title: Two Yorkshire Bairns |
Museum number: 1866,1013.1968 |
Producer name: After:John Deffett FrancisPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Palissy the potter |
Museum number: 2010,7033.27 |
Producer name: After:Henrietta Mary Ada WardPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Gossips at a well |
Museum number: 2008,7125.2 |
Producer name: After:John PhillipPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1861

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Council of War at Paris |
Museum number: 1856,0712.1117 |
Producer name: BIOG48380 Print made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.208.c |
Producer name: After:John LeightonAfter:F Wilfred Lawson |
Production date: 1871 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Peace Conference at Paris |
Museum number: 1856,0712.1118 |
Producer name: BIOG48380 Print made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Prodigal's Return |
Museum number: 2009,7063.1 |
Producer name: After:Edward John PoynterPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1869

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Two Yorkshire Bairns |
Museum number: 1882,0311.1191 |
Producer name: After:John Deffett FrancisPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Sir Tristram reçu chevalier de la Table-Ronde |
Museum number: 2008,7071.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:William Dyce |
Production date: 1865

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1874,0711.658 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1850-1868

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: La première entrevue de Jacques I d'Angleterre et de la Princesse Anne de Danemark |
Museum number: 2009,7022.8 |
Producer name: After:George Frederick FolingsbyPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1867

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1874,0711.662 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1850-1868

print; book-illustration

Title: Hiawatha fishing. |
Museum number: 1900,0613.436 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1855-1868

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: La Mort de Richard II |
Museum number: 2009,7084.7 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1862

print; book-illustration

Title: The Famine. |
Museum number: 1900,0613.439 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1855-1868

print; book-illustration

Title: A Tragedy Queen. |
Museum number: 1922,0209.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Carl Theodor von Piloty |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1874,0711.664 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:George Housman Thomas |
Production date: 1850-1865

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Garibaldi at Rome, 1849. |
Museum number: 1874,0711.668 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:George Housman Thomas |
Production date: 1854

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Saint Anthony's Day in Rome |
Museum number: 1874,0711.666 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:George Housman Thomas |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Title: Benevolence. |
Museum number: 1898,0114.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Charles Baugniet |
Production date: 1859

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Severe Weather |
Museum number: 1935,0309.234 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Richard Ansdell |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Departure, 1854 |
Museum number: 1918,1010.58 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:George Housman Thomas |
Production date: 1856

print; book-illustration

Title: Sheep in a Landscape. |
Museum number: 1898,0114.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Rosa Bonheur |
Production date: 1859

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Garibaldi at Rome, 1849. |
Museum number: 1860,0714.1106 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:George Housman Thomas |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Parents of Christ seeking him |
Museum number: 2006,0929.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Edward Armitage |
Production date: 1866

print; book-illustration

Title: Merry-making |
Museum number: 1918,1010.52 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Eugénie. |
Museum number: 1922,0209.65 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.185 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Crystal Palace. / Bronze Fountain, by Monti. Pictures of the Crystal Palace |
Museum number: 1918,1010.62 |
Producer name: Intermediary draughtsman:George Housman ThomasAfter:Philip Henry Delamotte |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.20 |
Producer name: After:John Dawson WatsonAfter:Henry Courtney Selous |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Griselda's First Trial of Patience |
Museum number: 1859,0312.411 |
Producer name: After:Charles West CopePrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1853

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.381 |
Producer name: After:Myles Birket FosterAfter:Frederick Richard Pickersgill |
Production place: Printed in:EdinburghPublished in:London (England)

print

Title: Our Veteran Artists: William Mulready, R. A. |
Museum number: 1876,1209.658 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Robert Howlett |
Production date: 1850-1860

print; book-illustration

Title: Fruit and flowers |
Museum number: 1922,0209.4 |
Producer name: After:Augustus Jules BouvierBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.232 |
Producer name: After:Myles Birket FosterAfter:Frederick Richard Pickersgill |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.25 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertBlock cut by:Dalziel Brothers |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Printed in:Edinburgh

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Confirmation of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, in the Private Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Museum number: 1902,1011.10686.a |
Producer name: BIOG48380 Print made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Ministerial Side of the House of Commons |
Museum number: 1874,0711.670 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1854 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Le couronnemont de Guillaume le Conquérant |
Museum number: 2011,7002.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:John Cross |
Production date: 1865

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.216.b |
Producer name: After:George John PinwellAfter:Alfred Thompson |
Production date: 1866-1867 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.216.d |
Producer name: After:F Wilfred LawsonAfter:William Small |
Production date: 1868-1869 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Dr Johnson's first interview with John Wilkes |
Museum number: 2008,7125.1 |
Producer name: After:Edward Matthew WardPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1866

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1919,1016.12 |
Producer name: After:Edward John PoynterBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1865-1870

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Israel in Egypt |
Museum number: 2005,1129.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Edward John Poynter |
Production date: 1868

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Fugitive Royalists |
Museum number: 2009,7022.20 |
Producer name: After:Rebecca SolomonPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1862 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1874,0711.663 |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1851-1855

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Queen Mary quitting Stirling Castle |
Museum number: 2010,7033.19 |
Producer name: After:Henrietta Mary Ada WardPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1863

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Esther's Banquet |
Museum number: 2007,7090.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Edward Armitage |
Production date: 1865

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Les premieux travaux d'un peintre |
Museum number: 2011,7002.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Luson ThomasAfter:Marcus Stone |
Production date: 1863

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Peter Paul Rubens |
Museum number: 2009,7022.15 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1862 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Marchand de fleurs espagnol |
Museum number: 2010,7033.13 |
Producer name: After:Richard AnsdellPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1861

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Remorse of Judas |
Museum number: 2009,7022.10 |
Producer name: After:Edward ArmitagePrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1870 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1919,0902.1 |
Producer name: BIOG31320 Print made by:Sir Hubert von Herkomer |
Production date: 1895

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.208.b |
Producer name: After:Edwin BuckmanPrinted by:R Clay |
Production date: 1871 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: L'Atelier de Rembrandt |
Museum number: 2010,7033.23 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1861

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Crown of the Feast |
Museum number: 2010,7033.30 |
Producer name: After:Henrietta Mary Ada WardPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1868

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Distribution of the Crimean medals by Her Majesty, at the Horse Guards |
Museum number: 1902,1011.9145 |
Producer name: BIOG48380 Print made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1855 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The City of Refuge |
Museum number: 2009,7022.9 |
Producer name: After:Edward ArmitagePrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1853 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: L'exécution de Marie Stuart |
Museum number: 2009,7084.14 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1861

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Right Hon. The Earl of Aberdeen. |
Museum number: 1857,1114.35 |
Producer name: BIOG48380 Print made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Le Cartel |
Museum number: 2009,7084.26 |
Producer name: After:William Quiller OrchardsonPrint made by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1865

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The Waiting Time |
Museum number: 1927,0419.4 |
Producer name: After:Frederick SandysBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1863

print; book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.201.a |
Producer name: After:Percy William JustyneAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Th Doors of the Deep |
Museum number: 1918,1010.54 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.120 |
Producer name: After:Henry Stacy MarksBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1871 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.375 |
Producer name: Block cut by:W T GreenBlock cut by:William Luson Thomas |
Production date: 1860 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Printed in:London (England)