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Peltro William Tomkins

Also known as: Peltro William Tomkins; primary name: Tomkins, Peltro William; other name: Tomkins, Peter William
Details: individual; printmaker; publisher/printer; British; Male
Life dates: 1760-1840
Address: 75 Queen Ann Street, East Marylebone, London (in 1786) Fulham (1789) 18 New Bond Street, London (later in 1789) 49 New Bond Street, London (in 1790, May 1793-1805) 53 New Bond Street, London (1811-1823) ?54 New Bond Street (1816) 41, Holland Street 1831 25, Osnaburgh Street, St Pancras 1832-1840.
Biography: Engraver, largely in stipple, and publisher; son of the painter William Tomkins (c.1732-92); pupil of Francesco Bartolozzi; gave drawing lessons to the royal children and appointed historical engraver to the Queen in 1793. From that year, in business with his younger brother J. F. Tomkins (q.v.) at 49 New Bond Street; the print shop closed in 1823 after the failure of two major ventures: 'The British Gallery of Pictures' (1818-20), and 'Engravings of the... Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures' (1818). An advertisement for the sale of his stock by lottery in 1819 is kept in the P&D library (Banks,81.22, described below). Offprints and Leaflets series (Tomkins). Trade card (wrapper) in Banks Collection (Banks,89.44) advertises "Tomkins's Refined Colourless Ox-Gall Hitherto A Desideratum for Painting in Water-Colours Rewarded by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c.&c. Invented & Prepared by P.W. Tomkins, Historical Engraver to Her Majesty, No.53, New Bond Street... Rewarded by the Society Instituted in London for the Encouragement of Arts. May 25, 1813." Banks,81.22 advertises "Tomkins's Picture Lottery Of The British Gallery of Pictures, &c. &c. &c. The Picture Lottery consists of 16,550 Prizes Valued at £152,225..s12 To be determined by a separate Drawing the 24th July. Tickets L3.3.0. each are on Sale at P.W. Tomkins' Historical Engraver to Her Late Majesty... The Purchaser of Red Ticket and a Black Ticket Is sure To Gain A Prize."
Bibliography: DNB David Alexander, 'Bartolozzi's studio in London 1763-1802', PQ 2018, p.14

841 related objects

Museum number: 2020,4005.60 |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Issued in:British Isles

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0512.141 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Drawn by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1759-1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1993,1211.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Peltro William TomkinsFormerly attributed to:Ozias Humphry |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1879,1011.1519 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Drawn by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1759-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1879,0712.8 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Drawn by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1759-1840

drawing

Museum number: 1879,0712.7 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Drawn by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1789

drawing

Museum number: 1970,0916.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Drawn by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1759-1840

print

Title: Conversation II |
Museum number: 1865,1014.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsPublished by:E Lloyd |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Conversation |
Museum number: 1865,1014.63 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsPublished by:E Lloyd |
Production date: 1801

print

Museum number: 1852,1009.632 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Published by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Conversation |
Museum number: 1865,1014.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsPublished by:E Lloyd |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Conversation X |
Museum number: 1865,1014.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsPublished by:E Lloyd |
Production date: 1801

print

Museum number: 1867,1214.242 |
Producer name: After:Charles HayterPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1801

print; frontispiece

Title: P. V. Lenoir |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1430 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Pierre Violet |
Production date: 1799-1823

print

Museum number: 1890,0512.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Princess Elizabeth |
Production date: 1785-1840

print

Title: Conversation IV |
Museum number: 1865,1014.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsPublished by:E Lloyd |
Production date: 1801

print; book-illustration

Title: Winter |
Museum number: 1859,0312.402 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1798

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1439 |
Producer name: After:John OpiePrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1803

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1938,0103.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1798

print

Title: Conversation IX |
Museum number: 1865,1014.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsPublished by:E Lloyd |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Love unmasked |
Museum number: 1941,1213.561 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Print made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1799 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs Siddons |
Museum number: K,64.131 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:John Downman |
Production date: 1780-1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Love on Hope |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3337 |
Producer name: After:Elizabeth, Lady TempletonPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Christ in the Sepulchre |
Museum number: 1873,0712.412 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CheesmanPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1871,1209.5674 |
Producer name: After:Arthur William DevisPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1802 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Harbinger |
Museum number: 1867,1012.809 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Francis Philip Stephanoff |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1865,0114.328 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsPublished by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Landscape and Ruins Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.575 |
Producer name: After:Wynants, Jan Jansz.Print made by:J F Dauthemare |
Production date: 1810-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Landscape & Figures. The Travellers Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.456 |
Producer name: After:Meindert Lubbertsz HobbemaPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Travellers with Cattle passing the Water Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.465 |
Producer name: After:Carel DujardinPrint made by:John Scott |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1864,1210.205 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1491 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The madonna Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.371 |
Producer name: After:Onorio MarinariPublished by:Longman |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1864,1210.165 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Henry Tresham |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The repose in Egypt Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.365 |
Producer name: After:Filippo LauriPublished by:Longman |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Landscape & Figures Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.483 |
Producer name: After:Francisque MilletPrint made by:J F Dauthemare |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1872,0608.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; advertisement

Museum number: D,3.455 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1795

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.306 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Gentlemen playing at Backgammon Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.447 |
Producer name: After:Gerbrand van den EeckhoutPrint made by:William Finden |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Shepherd's flute, the Virgin's lay |
Museum number: 1859,0312.406 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joseph & Potephar's wife Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.407 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles PicartAfter:Alessandro Turchi |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.377 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Original Designs in his Majesty's Collection |
Museum number: 1925,0422.2.37.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1807 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The portrait of a Lady Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.508 |
Producer name: After:Michiel Jansz. MiereveltPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: St John pointing to the Messiah Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.335 |
Producer name: Print made by:J H WrightAfter:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Gamblers Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.445 |
Producer name: After:Cornelis DusartPrint made by:William Finden |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.310 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.369 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1805

print

Title: A Fishing Smack with a Boat Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.609 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerIntermediary draughtsman:William Marshall Craig |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: An Aquatic Fête at Dort The British Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.130 |
Producer name: After:Aelbert CuypPrint made by:Thomas Medland |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Book of etchings from papers cut by the Right Honorable Lady Templeton in the collection of her Maje |
Museum number: 1872,0511.351 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Elizabeth, Lady Templeton |
Production date: 1790

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.596 |
Producer name: Calligrapher:Peltro William TomkinsPrint made by:Abraham Cooper |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: Cattle & figures Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.372 |
Producer name: After:Francesco LondonioPublished by:Longman |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: James the 1st Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.600 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Print made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1800-1820

print

Title: Diana and Actaeon |
Museum number: 1912,0802.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Miss Linwood |
Museum number: 1931,0413.524 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Print made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1790-1799

print

Title: Spring |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1523 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Muses Crowning the Bust of Pope |
Museum number: 1876,0708.2561 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Angelica Kauffman |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The South-East view of the Bastile [sic] at Paris |
Museum number: 1917,1208.4141 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Louis Philippe Boitard |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.255 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Henry Fuseli |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Amyntor and Theodora |
Museum number: 1848,1221.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The marriage of St Catherine Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.351 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottAfter:Lodovico Carracci |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Robert Roy |
Museum number: 1875,0710.4129 |
Producer name: Print made by:James HeathAfter:Sir Martin Archer Shee |
Production date: 1804 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Look sister at my pretty doll The Birthday Gift or the Joy of a New Doll |
Museum number: 1872,0511.331 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Elizabeth, Lady Templeton |
Production date: 1796 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Landscape, Cattle & Figures Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.425 |
Producer name: After:Nicolaes BerchemPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Muses Crowning the Bust of Pope |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1161 |
Producer name: After:Angelica KauffmanPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: Madona and Child British Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Virtuous Love |
Museum number: 1859,0312.392 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1868,0808.2779 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Landscape and Figures Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.572 |
Producer name: After:Wynants, Jan Jansz.Print made by:J F Dauthemare |
Production date: 1810-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Princess Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales, Elect |
Museum number: 1862,1011.420 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Anton Hansch |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lot and his daughters The British Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.125 |
Producer name: Print made by:Niccolo SchiavonettiPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1820 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Original Designs in his Majesty's Collection |
Museum number: 1925,0422.2.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1807 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.256 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Henry Fuseli |
Production date: 1805 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Soldiers playing in a wood Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1848,1125.446 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles WarrenIntermediary draughtsman:William Marshall Craig |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Book of etchings from papers cut by the Right Honorable Lady Templeton in the collection of her Maje |
Museum number: 1868,0612.715 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Elizabeth, Lady Templeton |
Production date: 1790

print

Title: Marian & Colin-Clout |
Museum number: 1917,1208.2425 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Julia Conyers |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dressing Room à la Francaise |
Museum number: 1890,0512.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Charles Ansell |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1864,1210.141 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A battle Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.569 |
Producer name: After:Philips WouwermanPrint made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1805-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Itinerant Fishmonger Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.524 |
Producer name: After:Jan Havicksz. SteenPrint made by:William Finden |
Production date: 1811-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The vision of St Catherine Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.343 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottAfter:Lodovico Carracci |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Interior of a Church Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.525 |
Producer name: After:Hendrik van Steenwyck IIPrint made by:John Roffe |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: ... The defeat of the Danish fleet and batteries off Copenhagen the second of April 1801 |
Museum number: 1917,1208.4641 |
Producer name: After:John Thomas SerresPrint made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View with Ruins & Figures Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.564 |
Producer name: After:Jan Baptist WeenixPrint made by:Letitia Byrne |
Production date: 1810-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1887,0613.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:William Hamilton |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Landscape and Figures Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.487 |
Producer name: After:Frans de MomperPrint made by:Letitia Byrne |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.594 |
Producer name: After:Gaspard DughetPrint made by:J H Wright |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Children in the Wood |
Museum number: 1917,1208.3338 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean Marie DelattreAfter:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Le Bonnet Vert |
Museum number: 1860,0211.135 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert CooperAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Landscape with Figures, Duck Shooting Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.489 |
Producer name: After:Frederick de MoucheronPrint made by:J H Wright |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Shepherds Offerings Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.353 |
Producer name: After:Pietro da CortonaIntermediary draughtsman:William Marshall Craig |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: John the Baptist's head on a charger St Jerome |
Museum number: 1849,0210.213-215 |
Producer name: Print made by:John ScottIntermediary draughtsman:William Marshall Craig |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Title: British Classics |
Museum number: 1879,0809.362 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Henry Thomson |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Zilia |
Museum number: 1879,1011.1535 |
Producer name: Print made by:William PlattPublished by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: My Mother, a poem |
Museum number: 1912,0829.58.1-9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peltro William TomkinsAfter:Elizabeth, Lady Templeton |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Fruit & Flowers Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.455 |
Producer name: After:Joris van SonAfter:Jan Davidsz. de Heem |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.1533 |
Producer name: BIOG48640 Print made by:Peltro William Tomkins |
Production date: 1780-1810

print

Title: The hay cart Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1860,0211.568 |
Producer name: After:Philips WouwermanPrint made by:John Scott |
Production date: 1805-1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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