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William Woollett

Also known as: William Woollett; primary name: Woollett, William
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1735-1785
Address: First lived in 'difficult circumstances' according to Boydell with his entire family in upper Lodging in Green's Court Castle Street, in Leicester Square, later lived in Green Street. Finally in Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place
Biography: The most famous British engraver of his day. His portrait by Gilbert Stuart of 1783 is in the Tate (N00217). b. Maidstone, apprenticed to John Tinney. Made his name with the Niobe of 1761. Secretary of the Incorportaed Society of Artists 1766-73. 1775 appointed engraver in ordinary to George III. After his death his family sold all his plates to Hurst Robinson for an annuity on two lives: bankrupted when the firm failed six years later.
Bibliography: Engraved sheet catalogue of his prints as available from Mrs Woollett (Add.Ms.33407, f.178) Louis Fagan, 'A catalogue raisonné of the engraved works of William Woollett', 1885 DNB

660 related objects

drawing; receipt

Museum number: 1852,0705.174 |
Producer name: BIOG51632 Drawn by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1779-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0808.3057 |
Producer name: BIOG51632 Drawn by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1735-1785

drawing

Museum number: 1962,0414.7 |
Producer name: BIOG51632 Attributed to:William Woollett |
Production date: 1735-1785

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0808.3036 |
Producer name: BIOG31003 Drawn by:Thomas Hearne |
Production date: 1744-1817

drawing

Museum number: 1863,1114.806 |
Producer name: BIOG51632 Attributed to:William Woollett |
Production date: 1753-1775

drawing

Museum number: 1881,0312.112 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousAfter:William Woollett |
Production date: 1776-1815

drawing; watch-paper; print study

Museum number: 1850,1214.53 |
Producer name: BIOG51632 Print made by:William Woollett

drawing

Museum number: 1845,0818.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Henry EdridgeAfter:Gilbert Stuart |
Production date: 1769-1821

drawing; receipt

Museum number: 1868,0808.3042 |
Producer name: BIOG51632 Drawn by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1783

drawing

Museum number: Gg,3.370 |
Producer name: BIOG51632 Drawn by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1735-1785

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1210.660 |
Producer name: BIOG51632 Drawn by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1735-1785

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1868,0808.3038 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Caroline WatsonAfter:Gilbert Stuart |
Production date: 1760-1814

drawing

Museum number: 1853,1210.659 |
Producer name: BIOG51632 Drawn by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1735-1785

engraving tool

Museum number: 1867,0309.285 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1760-1780

engraving tool

Museum number: 1856,1105.82 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1760-1780

lantern slide (photographic)

Title: Katherine Routledge |
Museum number: Oc,G.T.1510 |
Producer name: Photographed by:Katherine Maria RoutledgePainted by:William Hodges |
Production date: 20thC |
Production place: Painted in:Easter Island

print

Title: The Battle at La Hogue |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3082 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Benjamin West |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Solitude |
Museum number: 1845,0724.137 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Ellis |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1849,0328.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Smith of Chichester |
Production date: 1761 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rubens |
Museum number: 1849,0328.78 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckPrint made by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1850,1109.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1750-1755 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Les Agréments de l'Eté |
Museum number: 1864,0714.118 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Jean-Baptiste Pillement |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Valley of Luterbrun, in the Canton of Berne Views in Switzerland and Savoy |
Museum number: 1849,0328.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:William Pars |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Fleet of Otaheite assembled at Oparee. |
Museum number: 1876,0708.2547 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:William Hodges |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; trade-card

Museum number: Banks,59.38 |
Producer name: BIOG220348 Print made by:Clarke & Company |
Production date: 1790

print

Title: The Rural Cott. |
Museum number: 2000,U.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Smith of Chichester |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The temple of Apollo |
Museum number: U,10.2 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Enchanted Castle |
Museum number: U,10.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:Francis Vivares |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Jacob and Laban Le Grand Pont |
Museum number: U,10.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.1962 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:John Browne |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1878,0713.1870 |
Producer name: Print made by:William ByrnePrint made by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1857,0110.23 |
Producer name: After:William HamiltonPrint made by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr William Woollett. Engraver |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3037 |
Producer name: Print made by:Caroline WatsonAfter:Gabriel Stuart |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Solitude |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1969 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Ellis |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Apollo and the Seasons |
Museum number: S,1.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:Benjamin Pouncy |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of the Walton Bridge, Venus's Temple &c in the Garden of Sr. Francis Dashwood Bart. at West W |
Museum number: 1862,1217.264 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:William Hannan |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Celadon and Amelia |
Museum number: S,1.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:John Browne |
Production date: 1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: North Prospect of the Ruin, in the Gardens of Kew |
Museum number: 1863,0509.279 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Joshua Kirby |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: A View of part of the Gardens, at Hill Barn. near Beaconsfield, Bucks, as laid out by Edmund Waller |
Museum number: 1862,1213.13 |
Producer name: After:William WoollettPrint made by:William Wise |
Production date: 1798 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1864,0714.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:John Browne |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1856,0809.131 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1750-1755 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Niobe |
Museum number: 1843,0513.324 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Richard Wilson |
Production date: 1761 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Rural Cott. |
Museum number: 1840,0808.178 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Smith of Chichester |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Wm Woollett Engraver to his Majesty |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1844 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Keyse SherwinPublished by:William Hinton |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of the Royal Dock-Yard at Deptford |
Museum number: 1880,1113.1734 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Richard Paton |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of the Royal Dock-Yard at Deptford |
Museum number: 1853,1210.647 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Richard Paton |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of the South Side of the Ruins at Kew |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3144 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Joshua Kirby |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Rural Cott. |
Museum number: 1864,0714.115 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Smith of Chichester |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1864,0611.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:John Browne |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of the Palace from the North side of the Lake, the Green House, & the Temple of Arethusa, in |
Museum number: 1842,1112.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:William ElliottAfter:William Woollett |
Production date: 1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1853,1210.349 |
Producer name: After:William HamiltonPrint made by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Second-Premium Landscape |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3127 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:John Smith of Chichester |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Woollett |
Museum number: S,7.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Thomas Hearne |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Second-Premium Landscape |
Museum number: 1852,0705.186 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:John Smith of Chichester |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1857,0110.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Smith of Chichester |
Production date: 1761 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Solitude |
Museum number: 1877,0714.50 |
Producer name: Print made by:William EllisPrint made by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A view from the West Side of the Island in the Garden of the Honble. Charles Hamilton Esqr. at Pains |
Museum number: 1862,1217.257 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPublished by:John Bowles |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Warkworth Hermitage Northumberland |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1957 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Byrne |
Production date: 1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1868,0808.3060 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1750-1755 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: King Charles the 2nd Landing on the Beach at Dover |
Museum number: 1843,0513.389 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpPrint made by:William Woollett |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Snowden Hill, and the adjacent Country in North Wales |
Museum number: 1849,0328.29 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Richard Wilson |
Production date: 1775 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of the Cascade &c in the Garden of Sr. Francis Dashwood Bart. & of the Parish Church &c at We |
Museum number: 1849,0328.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:William Hannan |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Fleet of Otaheite assembled at Oparee. |
Museum number: S,1.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:William Hodges |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: La Chasse au Sanglier |
Museum number: 1864,0714.108 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Jean-Baptiste Pillement |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: North Prospect of the Ruin, in the Gardens of Kew |
Museum number: S,1.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Joshua Kirby |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: William Woollett |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3035.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Thomas Hearne |
Production date: 1795 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: U,9.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:John Browne |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Vicar of Wakefield |
Museum number: 1864,0714.105 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Ellis |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Rural Cott. |
Museum number: 1852,0705.201 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:George Smith of Chichester |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: One-House in Suffolk |
Museum number: 1917,1208.2513 |
Producer name: Print made by:Elizabeth EllisAfter:William Woollett |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of the Printing House, the Theatre, the Museum, part of the Schools, part of All Souls Colleg |
Museum number: 1948,0315.7.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:John Donowell |
Production date: 1755 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Devil's bridge, in the Canton of Uri Views in Switzerland and Savoy |
Museum number: 1849,0328.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:William Pars |
Production date: 1773 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Monastery at Tinemouth |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3071 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Byrne |
Production date: 1784 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Diana and Actaeon The Most Capital Paintings in England |
Museum number: 1864,0714.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:David Martin |
Production date: 1764 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The first scene of the Maid of the Mill |
Museum number: 1840,0808.170 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:John Inigo Richards |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rubens |
Museum number: 1841,0809.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Ceyx and Alcyone |
Museum number: 1842,1112.35 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Richard Wilson |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Celadon and Amelia |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1972 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:John Browne |
Production date: 1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Fishery |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1975 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Richard Wright |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1864,1114.451 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of the South Side of the Ruins at Kew |
Museum number: 1853,1210.644 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Joshua Kirby |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Jacob and Laban Le Grand Pont |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3084 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1783 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Celadon and Amelia |
Museum number: 1864,0514.270 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:John Browne |
Production date: 1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.321 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:John Browne |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Fleet of Otaheite assembled at Oparee. |
Museum number: 1940,0810.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:William Hodges |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mercury, Argos & Io |
Museum number: 1852,0705.211 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1765-1785 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View of the Radcliffe Library, Brazennose College, the west Front of All Souls College, part of th |
Museum number: G,5.232 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:John Donowell |
Production date: 1755 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPrint made by:William Byrne |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Niobe |
Museum number: 1864,0714.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Richard Wilson |
Production date: 1761 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: North Prospect of the Ruin, in the Gardens of Kew |
Museum number: 1849,0328.49 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Joshua Kirby |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: [Battle of Engravers] |
Museum number: 1978,U.2415 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Print made by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Les Agréments de l'Eté |
Museum number: 1864,0714.119 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Jean-Baptiste Pillement |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A view of the garden &c., at Carlton House in Pall Mall, a palace of Her Royal Highness the Princess |
Museum number: 1866,1114.553 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettPublished by:John Tinney |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rubens |
Museum number: 1845,0507.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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