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John Thompson

Also known as: John Thompson; primary name: Thompson, John
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1785-1866
Biography: Wood and metal engraver, pupil of Branston, elder brother of Charles, father of Charles Thurston Thompson. The leading wood-engraver in Britain from the 1810s onwards.
Bibliography: DNB

455 related objects

book; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,0209.1468 |
Producer name: Published by:Thomas TeggPrinted by:Bradbury & Co |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1856,0510.764 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Thomas Tegg |
Production date: 1834 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Glasgow

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1863,1114.52-73 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Thomas Tegg |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

broadside

Museum number: 1958,1006.2769

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1861,0518.213 |
Producer name: Published by:James BurnsPrinted by:Robson, Levey, and Franklyn |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1863,0214.941 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanPrinted by:Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1859,1210.3 |
Producer name: After:Eugen NeureutherPrint made by:John Andrew |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:StuttgartPublished in:Tübingen

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1853,0212.188 |
Producer name: Published by:James BurnsPrinted by:Robson, Levey, and Franklyn |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

medal

Museum number: 2014,4001.8 |
Production date: 1897 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 2014,4001.9 |
Production date: 1897 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

photographic print; trade-card

Museum number: Banks,80.192 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1760

print; book-illustration

Title: Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford |
Museum number: 1900,1231.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Cottage and landscape in colours |
Museum number: 1909,0406.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Varley |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Title: Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford |
Museum number: 1873,0510.1114 |
Producer name: After:Sir Thomas LawrencePrint made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1820

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1913,0320.4.1-55 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Samuel WilliamsBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1853

print

Title: Portraits of Robert & Charles Collings Esq.rs |
Museum number: 2010,7081.5420 |
Producer name: After:Thomas WeaverPublished by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:Smeaton

print; book-illustration

Title: Leonora from the Ballad of Bürger |
Museum number: 1868,0208.125 |
Producer name: After:Daniel MacliseBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1847

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1913,0331.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Title: Love's Labour [sic] Lost |
Museum number: 1896,1118.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Samuel Woodforde |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1611 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,0315.17 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Title: Merchant of Venice |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4457 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1913,0331.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Title: Too late for church |
Museum number: 1860,0414.288 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

print; book-illustration

Title: Second Part of Henry the Sixth |
Museum number: 1896,1118.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Samuel Woodforde |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1913,0331.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.419.7 |
Producer name: After:William Edward FrostBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.213 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Title: Twelfth Night |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4464 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1874,0711.467 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1824

print; book-illustration

Title: All's Well That Ends Well |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4441 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1918,1010.94 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; envelope

Museum number: 1848,0705.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:William Mulready |
Production date: 1840

print; book-illustration

Title: Cymbeline |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4446 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Merry Wives of Windsor |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4440 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Moses going to the fair |
Museum number: 1860,0414.290 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

print; book-illustration

Title: Coriolanus |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4439 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,0315.11 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1586 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Nearly of a size |
Museum number: 1860,0414.293 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,1013.107 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John ThompsonAfter:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1826-1866

print; book-illustration

Title: Return of Sophia |
Museum number: 1860,0414.309 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: Y,5.230 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1626 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1900,0613.220 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Gilbert Soest |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,0812.2591-2638 |
Producer name: After:Richard WestallBlock cut by:William Henry Powis |
Production date: 1835-1836

print; book-illustration

Title: Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4456 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Second Part of Henry the Sixth |
Museum number: 1900,0613.224 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Samuel Woodforde |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Title: Troilus and Cressida |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4467 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1600 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1593 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: Y,5.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,0315.7 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1589 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.215 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Y,5.211 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1818

print; book-illustration

Title: King Henry IV. / Part II. |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4468 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1647 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Der Ritter |
Museum number: Y,5.223 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1800-1818

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.418.19 |
Producer name: After:Edward Henry WehnertBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1848

print; book-illustration

Title: Conviction of Thornhill |
Museum number: 1860,0414.310 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

print

Museum number: 1852,0705.124 |
Producer name: After:William CollinsPrint made by:John Thompson

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1616 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Abduction of Sophia |
Museum number: 1860,0414.307 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Y,5.234 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1818

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1604 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.213 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1634 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Much Ado About Nothing |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4459 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1592 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1596 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1913,0331.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1913,0331.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.714 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Y,5.212 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.710 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1789-1822

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1598 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Y,5.245 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1818

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,0315.15 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1627 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1918,1010.95 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1645 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: King Henry VI. / Part III. |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4436 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.418.8 |
Producer name: After:Francis William (Frank) TophamBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1848

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Cripse's office |
Museum number: 1860,0414.297 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.218 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.219 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1868,0822.5042 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThompsonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Olivia's Misery |
Museum number: 1860,0414.301 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1011.161 |
Producer name: After:John Callcott HorsleyPrint made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1860

print; book-illustration

Title: King Henry VI. / Part II. |
Museum number: 1878,0713.4442 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1631 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Dibdin's London Theatre |
Museum number: 1918,1010.96 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0709.1625 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Fudge |
Museum number: 1860,0414.289 |
Producer name: After:William MulreadyBlock cut by:John Thompson

print; card

Museum number: 1873,1213.191 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1909,0315.16 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.698 |
Producer name: After:John ThurstonBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1789-1822

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0208.123 |
Producer name: After:Daniel MacliseBlock cut by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1847

print; book-illustration

Title: Whittingham's Shakspeare |
Museum number: 1918,1010.92 |
Producer name: BIOG48415 Print made by:John Thompson |
Production date: 1800-1859