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John Thornthwaite

Also known as: John Thornthwaite; primary name: Thornthwaite, John
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: c.1740-
Other dates: 1771-1795 (fl.)
Biography: Portrait painter and printmaker; worked on Bell's Shakespeare and the Bookseller's British Theatre
Bibliography: Benezit

269 related objects

print

Title: The Rev.d David Williams |
Museum number: 1865,0114.666 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Stephen Francis Rigaud |
Production date: 1771-1795

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3908 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:John Hamilton Mortimer |
Production date: 1771-1795

print

Title: Mr. Gessner. |
Museum number: 1889,0409.172 |
Producer name: BIOG48463 Print made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Montesquieu |
Museum number: 1889,0409.195 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1775-1795

print; book-illustration

Title: Sampson, Act III Sc: 3 |
Museum number: 1857,0217.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1760-1795

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Wm. Hodges Esqr. R.A. |
Museum number: 1852,0214.311 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1792

print; trade-card

Museum number: Heal,89.170 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1790-1799

print; book-illustration

Title: Sampson, Act III Sc: 3 |
Museum number: 1857,0217.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1760-1795

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1848,1013.2 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1789

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.4967-4997 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CookAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1768-1780

print; book-illustration

Title: Pandore Opera Act II |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1127 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1760-1795

print

Title: Addison |
Museum number: 1905,0826.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Sir Godfrey Kneller |
Production date: 1795

print

Museum number: 1870,1008.2755 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:John Sanders |
Production date: 1780s

print; album

Museum number: 2010,5006.1878.56 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward EdwardsEngraved by:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1780

print; album

Museum number: 2010,5006.1878.57 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Edward EdwardsEngraved by:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: Hercules poma Hesperidum Auferens |
Museum number: I,8.71 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward EdwardsPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1780

print; frontispiece

Museum number: K,58.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791

print

Title: Mrs Siddons in Lady Macbeth |
Museum number: 1931,0509.190 |
Producer name: BIOG48463 Print made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1784

print; book-illustration

Title: A Kalmuck Smoking Party |
Museum number: 1868,1114.436 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1788-1806

print; book-illustration

Title: Filefeild |
Museum number: 1978,U.1602 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1788

print; book-illustration

Title: Cossacks fishing |
Museum number: 1868,1114.445 |
Producer name: After:Edward Francis BurneyPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1788-1789

print

Title: William Hunter |
Museum number: 1877,0811.1341 |
Producer name: After:John ThornthwaitePrinted by:Waterston & Son |
Production date: 1865-1877 |
Production place: Printed in:Edinburgh

print

Title: William Hunter |
Museum number: 1980,U.896 |
Producer name: After:John ThornthwaitePrinted by:Waterston & Son |
Production date: 1865-1877 |
Production place: Printed in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr. Kemble in King Richard Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5520 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Gilbert Stuart |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Laplanders |
Museum number: 1868,1114.456 |
Producer name: After:Julius Caesar IbbetsonPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Foote in the Character of Fondlewife |
Museum number: K,60.18 |
Producer name: After:James Roberts IIPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Cibber in the character of Monimia. |
Museum number: K,58.165 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Icelanders |
Museum number: 1868,1114.448 |
Producer name: After:Julius Caesar IbbetsonPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs Siddons in Lady Macbeth |
Museum number: K,64.169 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaitePublished by:John Bell, the publisher |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Hopkins in the character of Lady Brumpton |
Museum number: K,60.257 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Siddons as Cleone |
Museum number: 1927,0531.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Wrighten in the character of Madge |
Museum number: K,66.133 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Reddish in the character of Young Beville |
Museum number: K,63.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Warren in the character of Helena |
Museum number: K,66.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Mather Brown |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Hartley in the character of Mary Queen of Scots |
Museum number: K,60.165 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Hopkins in the character of Arethusa |
Museum number: K,60.256 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Prudom in the character of Arbaces in Artaxerxes |
Museum number: K,63.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Siddons as Matilda |
Museum number: 1931,0509.131 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Palmer as Don Carlos |
Museum number: K,62.251 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; trade-card

Museum number: Heal,104.9 |
Producer name: BIOG48463 Print made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Lessingham in the character of Oriana |
Museum number: K,61.247 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Abington in Rosalind |
Museum number: 1875,0410.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Judas Iscariot |
Museum number: 1882,0114.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Miss Catley in the character of Euphrosyne. |
Museum number: K,58.117 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Hartley in the character of Jane Shore |
Museum number: K,60.170 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Abington in the character of Miss Prue. |
Museum number: K,57.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: James II |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4063 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Holman as Chamont |
Museum number: K,60.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr. Henderson in Iago Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5549 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Johann Heinrich Ramberg |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Farren as the Queen |
Museum number: K,59.211 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: C,2.522-529 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni VitalbaPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1777-1809

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Robinson in the character of Amanda. |
Museum number: K,63.212 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Greville in the character of Sir Harry Wildair |
Museum number: K,60.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: C,3.179 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Julius Caesar Ibbetson |
Production date: 1790

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr. Lewis in the Prince of Wales Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5502 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Farren as Orestes |
Museum number: K,59.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Richard II |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4046 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteIntermediary draughtsman:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr. Warren in the Character of Helena Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5490 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Mather Brown |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Palmer as Don John |
Museum number: K,62.247 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; invitation; admission-ticket

Museum number: 1969,0130.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Julius Caesar Ibbetson |
Production date: 1788

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Garrick in the Character of Demetrius |
Museum number: Ee,5.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: K,65.157 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Mather Brown |
Production date: 1790-1817

print; frontispiece

Title: Signora Baccelli in the ballet (call'd) Les Amans Surpris |
Museum number: K,57.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Singing Combat |
Museum number: 1868,1114.449 |
Producer name: After:Julius Caesar IbbetsonPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0214.429 |
Producer name: After:Thomas KirkPrint made by:John Thornthwaite |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Pope in the character of Rosetta |
Museum number: K,63.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Wrighten in the character of Peggy |
Museum number: K,66.135 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Wm Lenthal Esqr |
Museum number: P,4.124 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel Cooper |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:British Isles

print; frontispiece

Title: Mr. and Mrs. Barry in the characters of Bajazet and Selima. |
Museum number: K,57.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Abington in Widow Belmour. |
Museum number: K,57.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Bulkley in the character of Mrs. Wilding. |
Museum number: K,58.74 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0114.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr. Kemble in King Richard |
Museum number: K,61.148 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteIntermediary draughtsman:Mather Brown |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Wm. Hodges Esqr. R.A. |
Museum number: 1865,0114.387 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Pope in the character of Dorcas Zeal |
Museum number: K,63.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Parsons as Dumps |
Museum number: K,63.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Billington in Rosetta. |
Museum number: K,57.264 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1790 |
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; frontispiece

Title: Mr. Bensley in the character of Busiris. |
Museum number: K,57.226 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Woodward in the character of Capt. Brazen |
Museum number: K,66.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Bulkley in the character of Angelin. |
Museum number: K,58.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Pope in Posthumus |
Museum number: K,63.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteIntermediary draughtsman:Mather Brown |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Bulkley in the character of Lady Dainty. |
Museum number: K,58.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Barry in the character of Athenais. |
Museum number: K,57.174 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Lewis in the Prince of Wales |
Museum number: K,62.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Holman as Chamont |
Museum number: K,60.245 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Mattocks in the character of Achilles |
Museum number: K,62.95 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Dodd in the character of Lord Foppington |
Museum number: K,59.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Powell as Boadicea |
Museum number: 1876,0708.2745 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: C,2.530-548 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaitePrint made by:James Mitan |
Production date: 1787-1817

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr King as Lord Ogleby |
Museum number: K,61.210 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mr. and Mrs. Barry in the characters of Bajazet and Selima. |
Museum number: K,57.173 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Macklin as Sir Gilbert Wrangle |
Museum number: K,62.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Pigalle |
Museum number: 1868,0808.2493 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Mrs. Barnes in Anne Bullen. Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5523 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Miss Chapman as Augusta Aubrey. |
Museum number: K,58.137 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Samuel De Wilde |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs. Yates in the Character of Volumnia |
Museum number: K,66.167 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mr Henderson in the character of Don John |
Museum number: K,60.210 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:James Roberts II |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs. Yates in the Character of Volumnia Bell's Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1868,0822.5525 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Edward Francis Burney |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: 1982,U.3376 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ThornthwaiteAfter:Julius Caesar Ibbetson |
Production date: 1790