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George Willis

Also known as: George Willis; primary name: Willis, George
Details: individual; publisher/printer; British; Male
Other dates: 1832-1856 (dates of firm)
Address: Piazza, Covent Garden
Biography: Antiquarian book dealer, who occasionally published books and prints. Sold many prints to the BM. In 1856 merged with Thomas Sotheran to become Willis & Sotheran (qv). This entry covers his sole activity until 1856; for the years 1856-66 see sv Willis & Sotheran. For the years after 1866 see sv Henry Sotheran & Co.

3,869 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1852,1116.263-297 |
Producer name: BIOG44751 Print made by:Dehemant Saint-Félix |
Production date: 1806

book-illustration

Title: La Emperatriz |
Museum number: 1849,1031.434 |
Producer name: BIOG28917 Print made by:Gerónimo Gil |
Production date: 1750-1798

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1210.797.+ |
Producer name: BIOG35132 Drawn by:Jean Baptiste Le Prince |
Production date: 1749-1781

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1848,1209.350 |
Producer name: Print made by:Tobias StimmerPublished by:Thomas Guarin |
Production date: 1576 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1847,1009.23.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:Francesco Mazali |
Production date: 1505 |
Production place: Published in:Parma (city)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1854,1211.92-126 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist HFPublished by:Johann Grüninger |
Production date: 1517 |
Production place: Published in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1855,0811.152 |
Producer name: Print made by:Virgil SolisPublished by:Christian Gerlach & Simon Beckenstein |
Production date: 1660 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1851,1213.414-423 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPublished by:Girolamo Soncino |
Production date: 1507 |
Production place: Published in:Fano

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1851,1108.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousPrinted by:Giovanni Ragazzo |
Production date: 1492 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1853,1112.68.1-65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Enea VicoPrinted by:Paulus Manutius |
Production date: 1558 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1849,1031.386-416 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cornelis Galle IAfter:Jacob Franckaert I |
Production date: 1636 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.437 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.429 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print

Title: Helius Eobanus Hessus |
Museum number: 1847,0306.241 |
Producer name: BIOG30332 Published by:Johann Jakob Haid |
Production date: 1641-1700

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.456 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.433 |
Producer name: Print made by:François Louis Thomas FranciaAfter:John Sell Cotman |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.428 |
Producer name: Print made by:François Louis Thomas FranciaAfter:Samuel Owen |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.453 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.418 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print

Title: Cinquante Estampes |
Museum number: 1852,0214.460 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb PrestelAfter:Pieter van Bloemen |
Production date: 1814

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.426 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.432 |
Producer name: Print made by:François Louis Thomas FranciaAfter:Sir Robert Ker Porter |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.458 |
Producer name: Print made by:François Louis Thomas FranciaAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1802-1810

print

Title: The Marquis of Sligo |
Museum number: 1855,0310.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Whiston BarneyAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1803-1808

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.419 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.406 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print

Title: Janus Cornarius |
Museum number: 1847,0306.243 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Jakob HaidPublished by:Johann Jakob Haid |
Production date: 1719-1767

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.404.+ |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.408 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1809

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.438 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.436 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.425 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.422 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print

Title: La main chaude |
Museum number: 1856,0712.631 |
Producer name: BIOG20346 After:Jean François Bosio |
Production date: 1800-1830

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.449 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.431 |
Producer name: Print made by:François Louis Thomas FranciaAfter:Philip James de Loutherbourg |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.434 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.447 |
Producer name: Print made by:François Louis Thomas FranciaAfter:Sir Augustus Wall Callcott |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.410 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print

Museum number: 1849,0210.443 |
Producer name: Print made by:François Louis Thomas FranciaAfter:Joshua Cristall |
Production date: 1802-1823

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.461 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.451 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.412 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.454 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.459 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.409 |
Producer name: Print made by:François Louis Thomas FranciaAfter:Samuel Owen |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.407 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; drawing book

Title: Studies of Landscapes |
Museum number: 1849,0210.446 |
Producer name: BIOG27758 Print made by:François Louis Thomas Francia |
Production date: 1802-1810

print; book-illustration

Title: Hieronymus Wolfius |
Museum number: 1847,0306.224 |
Producer name: BIOG30332 Published by:Johann Jakob Haid |
Production date: 1747

print; book-illustration

Title: Joannes Sturmius |
Museum number: 1847,0306.251 |
Producer name: BIOG30332 Published by:Johann Jakob Haid |
Production date: 1747

print

Title: Cinquante estampes gravés par J.T.Prestel |
Museum number: 1852,0214.445 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb PrestelAfter:Carl Reinhardt |
Production date: 1814

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1855,1208.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis MarvyAfter:John Constable |
Production date: 1830-1850

print

Title: Cinquante Estampes gravés par J.T.Prestel |
Museum number: 1852,0214.469 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottlieb PrestelAfter:Antonio Bellucci |
Production date: 1814

print

Title: Enfant endormi Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.524 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean MassardPrint made by:Alexis Chataignier |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Atelier d'un peintre Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.1214 |
Producer name: After:Léon Mathieu CochereauPrint made by:Pigeot the Younger |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Museum number: 1850,1014.606 |
Producer name: BIOG44905 Print made by:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1740-1765

print

Museum number: 1854,1113.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas PatchAfter:David Teniers the Younger

print

Title: Riposo Campestre Choix de gravures à l'eau-forte d'après les peintu |
Museum number: 1856,0308.346 |
Producer name: After:Gonzales CoquesPrint made by:Giovanni Battista Leonetti |
Production date: 1812

print

Title: Choix de gravures à l'eau-forte d'après les peintu Galerie Lucien Bonaparte |
Museum number: 1856,0308.449 |
Producer name: BIOG20988 After:Angelo Bronzino |
Production date: 1812

print

Title: La Vierge adorant Jésus Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.1155 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean DambrunPrint made by:Louis Yves Quéverdo |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Galerie Leuchtenberg |
Museum number: 1851,1213.357 |
Producer name: Print made by:Heinrich AdamAfter:Johann Jakob Dorner |
Production date: 1825-1850

print

Museum number: 1850,1014.634 |
Producer name: Print made by:William ElliottAfter:Paul Sandby |
Production date: 1766

print

Title: Avanze dell' Aqua Marzia, Claudia, e dell' Aniene Malerisch radirte Prospekte aus Italien |
Museum number: 1852,1116.303 |
Producer name: BIOG37986 Print made by:Jacob Wilhelm Mechau |
Production date: 1793

print

Title: Paese di Fiandra Choix de gravures à l'eau-forte d'après les peintu |
Museum number: 1856,0308.354 |
Producer name: After:Philips WouwermanPrint made by:Filippo Pistrucci |
Production date: 1812

print

Title: [Captn Campbell] |
Museum number: 1852,1009.904 |
Producer name: BIOG33550 Print made by:John Kay |
Production date: 1789

print

Title: Les Charlatans Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.548 |
Producer name: After:Carel DujardinPrint made by:Claude Niquet |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Galerie Leuchtenberg |
Museum number: 1851,1213.334 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nepomuk MuxelAfter:Andrea Appiani |
Production date: 1829-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Hunting of ye Wild Bore |
Museum number: 1847,0306.304 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print

Title: Fanciullo de Casa Medici Choix de gravures à l'eau-forte d'après les peintu |
Museum number: 1856,0308.348 |
Producer name: BIOG47781 After:Justus Sustermans |
Production date: 1812

print; book-illustration

Title: Painting |
Museum number: 1847,0306.290 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Title: Arithmetick |
Museum number: 1847,0306.274 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Title: Metaphisicks |
Museum number: 1847,0306.278 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Title: Horology, or Dyalling |
Museum number: 1847,0306.282 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Title: Fishing, & Angling |
Museum number: 1847,0306.294 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,0712.792 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1677

print

Title: Portus Herculis Monaeci |
Museum number: 1854,1211.155 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1760-1767

print; book-illustration

Title: The End of ye Chase of ye Stagg |
Museum number: 1847,0306.314 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,0712.824 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1660-1677

print; book-illustration

Title: Phil: & Maria |
Museum number: 1856,0712.857 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1677

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,0712.826 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1677

print; book-illustration

Title: The Harborer with ye Blood Hound for harbouring the Stagg |
Museum number: 1847,0306.321 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print

Museum number: 1855,0310.72 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1850

print; book-illustration

Title: Hawking, or Falconry |
Museum number: 1847,0306.323 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; title-page

Museum number: 1856,0308.1266 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1840

print; book-illustration

Title: Architecture |
Museum number: 1847,0306.269 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1847,0306.270 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Title: Horsemanship ... |
Museum number: 1847,0306.329 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; title-page

Museum number: 1856,0308.1267 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,0712.848 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1750-1850

print; book-illustration

Title: The Death of ye Hare wth Fleet Hound |
Museum number: 1847,0306.308 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Title: Angling |
Museum number: 1847,0306.295 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Title: The Ichnographicall and Scenographicall Lines of a Fort |
Museum number: 1847,0306.267 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print

Title: L'anesse de Balaam Galerie du Musée Napoléon |
Museum number: 1856,0308.1115 |
Producer name: After:Laurent de la HyrePrint made by:Felipe Cardano |
Production date: 1804-1815

print

Title: Der Mann mit der runden Kappe |
Museum number: 1855,0310.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ludwig Emil GrimmAfter:Holbein |
Production date: 1810-1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Musick |
Museum number: 1847,0306.264 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Title: Unharbouring ye Stagg |
Museum number: 1847,0306.320 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Title: D. Juana, Reyna Proprietaria, Muger de D. Phelipe I. |
Museum number: 1849,1031.432 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1770

print; book-illustration

Title: Cosmgrarhy [sic] & Astrology |
Museum number: 1847,0306.275 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1686

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1856,0712.868 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1677

print

Title: Statue . Jaune antique Catalogue des Tableaux de la Galerie de feu Son Al |
Museum number: 1851,1213.410 |
Producer name: Published by:Gal LeuchtenbergPrint made by:Nepomuk Muxel

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