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Thomas Worlidge

Also known as: Thomas Worlidge; primary name: Worlidge, Thomas; other name: Worlige, Thomas
Details: individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; British; Male
Life dates: 1700-1766
Address: London: 'the little Piazza, the Corner of James Street, Covent Garden' London: 'the great Piazza, Covent Garden' London: 'Great Queen Street'
Biography: Portrait painter and etcher. Born in Peterborough. Pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Also pupil of Boitard. Master of his nephew William Grimaldi (q.v.). Made two trade cards of Stephen Davenport in Heal Collection (Heal,105.33 & 34).
Bibliography: For the broadsheet catalogue of his prints published by his widow, see P&D library Cc,5.30 (formerly placed as D 2 12); the numbers given in this are found on later states of his plates. His copperplates were sold from the estate of William Rawle on 13 February 1790 by Hutchins (copy in P&D) His sales in 1764 and 1767 (Langford's). An annotated copy in BM gives a short biography (shelfmark SC A.1.11)

356 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1852,0214.260 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1700-1766

drawing

Museum number: 1913,0331.98 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1766-1820

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.13 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1753

drawing

Museum number: 1852,0214.259 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1700-1766

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1861,0810.83 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1851,0308.163 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1753-1766

drawing

Museum number: 1852,0214.263 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1700-1766

drawing

Museum number: 1852,0214.262 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Adriaen Brouwer |
Production date: 1700-1766

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.113 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1753

drawing

Museum number: T,11.41 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1700-1766

drawing

Museum number: Gg,1.505 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1761

drawing

Museum number: 1954,1130.1 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1740

drawing

Museum number: 1852,0214.264 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1756

drawing

Museum number: 1852,0214.261 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas WorlidgeDrawn by:Adriaen Brouwer |
Production date: 1700-1766

drawing

Museum number: Gg,1.506 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1760

drawing

Museum number: 1894,0516.66 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John RussellAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1760

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1880,0214.280 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1754

drawing

Museum number: T,11.42 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1700-1766

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0806.12 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1700-1766

drawing

Museum number: 1973,0915.8 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William GrimaldiAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1767

drawing

Museum number: Gg,1.500 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1743

drawing

Museum number: 1906,0723.3 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1736

drawing

Museum number: 1936,0903.1 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Drawn by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1700-1766

print

Title: George IId |
Museum number: 1876,0708.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1734-1760

print

Museum number: 1980,U.963 |
Producer name: Print made by:George PowleAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1770-1776

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.3682 |
Producer name: Print made by:George PowleAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1770-1776

print

Title: George IId |
Museum number: 1902,1011.8237 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1734-1760

print

Title: Mrs Brooks |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3698 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard PurcellAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1746-1766

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.3681 |
Producer name: Print made by:George PowleAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1770-1776

print

Museum number: K,60.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FisherAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1733

print

Title: Mrs Mary Smith of Portsmouth |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3389 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1755

print

Title: George IId |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2619 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1734-1760

print

Museum number: K,68.203 |
Producer name: Print made by:George PowleAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1770-1776

print

Title: George IId |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2618 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1734-1760

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.7075 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Attributed to:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print; trade-card

Museum number: Heal,105.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph ChapanPrint made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1750

print

Title: Rich.d Tyrell Esq.r |
Museum number: Y,3.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Sylvester HardingAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr: Berry in the Character of Dominic, in the Spanish Fryer. |
Museum number: K,57.233 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1734-1762 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mr Berry in the Character of Dominic, in the Spanish Fryer |
Museum number: 1902,1011.2584 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard HoustonAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1734-1762 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mrs Brooks |
Museum number: 1902,1011.3699 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard PurcellAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1763-1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Madame Teresia, the amazing Corsican Fairy. |
Museum number: 1850,0810.51 |
Producer name: BIOG168915 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1769 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.362 |
Producer name: Print made by:John HeinsAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1747-1771

print

Title: The Shepherd |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2553 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jonathan SpilsburyAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1925,0511.239 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1751

print

Museum number: 1859,0806.37 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtPrint made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin GreenAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1773

print

Museum number: Q,1.2 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1753

print

Museum number: 1925,0511.184 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtPrint made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Title: Marcus Tullius Cicero |
Museum number: 1948,0315.9.96 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1757

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.251 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1752

print

Museum number: 1859,0806.32 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtPrint made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Title: Anthony Vandyke |
Museum number: P,3.245 |
Producer name: After:Anthony van DyckPrint made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1776

print

Title: Madame Teresia, Fifty Wonderful Portraits |
Museum number: 1919,1216.211 |
Producer name: BIOG168915 After:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.6630 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: 1854,0812.99 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Title: A Collection of Etchings by Joseph Claussin |
Museum number: 1897,1213.695.1-18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Chevalier Ignace Joseph de ClaussinAfter:Nicolaes Berchem |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.217 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgePublished by:Robert Pollard |
Production date: 1751 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1859,0709.884 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1757-1758

print

Title: Thos Reverend Docr Nicoll |
Museum number: Q,1.40 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1756

print

Title: Hamet, companion to Mahomet |
Museum number: 1925,0511.241 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: 1859,0806.26 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtPrint made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1757

print

Title: Pietro da Cortona |
Museum number: R,7.104 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1757

print; extra-illustrated book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1869,1224.603.1-2105 |
Producer name: Published by:AckermannPrint made by:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1760-1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: F,4.158 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1758

print

Title: Mahomet, a Turkish Merchant |
Museum number: 1925,0511.240 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: P,3.126 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Michael van der Gucht |
Production date: 1757

print

Museum number: 1859,0806.27 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtPrint made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1757

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.236 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: 1869,1224.603.178 |
Producer name: Formerly attributed to:Jean Étienne LiotardAttributed to:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1740-1750

print

Title: Hercules and the lion |
Museum number: 1859,0709.889 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1757 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Collection of antique gems |
Museum number: 1859,0709.891-1071 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1766 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.228 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1753

print

Museum number: 1907,0724.5 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1751

print

Title: Edvardus Cave |
Museum number: 1920,1211.1709 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Francis Kyte |
Production date: 1754-1766

print

Title: Elizabeth Canning |
Museum number: 1851,0308.161 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1754

print

Museum number: 1907,0724.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1759

print

Museum number: P,3.123 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print; book-illustration

Title: Thomas Worlidge |
Museum number: 1893,0516.363 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas A E ChambarsAfter:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1762

print

Museum number: 1925,0511.171 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1757-1758

print

Museum number: 1854,0812.98 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.216 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1751

print

Title: Hamet, companion to Mahomet |
Museum number: 1851,0308.327 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.224 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1752

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.359 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1754

print

Museum number: 1859,0806.23 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1751

print

Museum number: 1861,1012.2586 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: 1861,0518.133 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1740-1766

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.257 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: 1925,0511.176 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1841,0403.62 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1753

print

Museum number: 1874,1010.165 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766

print

Museum number: 1925,0511.185 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1753

print

Title: Mary Squires the Gypsy... |
Museum number: 1859,0806.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Baron Edgcumbe |
Production date: 1754

print

Title: The beautiful Dromedary from Grand Cario [sic] in Egypt |
Museum number: 1861,1012.2593 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1757

print

Museum number: 1859,0806.28 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1720-1766

print; frontispiece

Title: John Evelyn Esqr |
Museum number: Y,6.285 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Robert Nanteuil |
Production date: 1800-1837

print

Museum number: 1925,0511.182 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1759

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.243 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1754

print

Museum number: 1849,1031.139 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas WorlidgeAfter:Henry Raeburn |
Production date: 1771-1773

print

Museum number: 1852,0214.238 |
Producer name: BIOG51648 Print made by:Thomas Worlidge |
Production date: 1715-1766