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John Murray

Also known as: John Murray; primary name: Murray, John; other name: John Murray
Details: organisation; publisher/printer; British; Male
Other dates: 1768-2002
Address: 32 Fleet Street, London (1768-1812) 50 Albemarle Street, London (from 1812 onwards)
Biography: Publishers, founded in 1768; run by successive members of the family (John Murray I to John Murray VII) until 2002. N.B. This entry is used for portraits as well as for the firm as publishers.
Bibliography: H. Carpenter, The Seven Lives of John Murray: the story of a publishing dynasty (2008)

982 related objects

book; print; textile; satirical print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1864,0213.471 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenBlock cut by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; title-page; map; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1111.1200-1201 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1976,0131.1.1-42 |
Producer name: After:John GoldicuttPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1875,0710.4486-4505 |
Producer name: After:Arthur de Capel BrookePublished by:Rodwell & Martin |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing

Museum number: 1922,1116.130 |
Producer name: BIOG84867 Drawn by:John Murray |
Production date: 1837

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1881,0514.128-133 |
Producer name: Published by:John MurrayPrint made by:James Redaway |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1875,0814.874-881 |
Producer name: Published by:John MurrayPrinted by:W Clowes |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1876,1111.618-623 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry BrookeAfter:Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Baronet |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1876,0510.154-169 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Clarkson Stanfield |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1865,1014.3-10 |
Producer name: Published by:John MurrayPrint made by:Thomas Landseer |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1870,1210.27-38 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestallPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1880,0110.22-31 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Augustus AtkinsonPrint made by:Thomas Baxter |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1859,1210.927-940 |
Producer name: Published by:John MurrayAfter:Henry Thomas Alken |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1875,0814.882-893 |
Producer name: Published by:John MurrayPrinted by:W Clowes |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1861,0518.214 |
Producer name: Printed by:Vizetelly & CoPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1880,0110.1-7 |
Producer name: After:Richard WestallPrint made by:John Pye, the younger |
Production date: 1809 1811 |
Production place: Published in:EdinburghPublished in:London (England)

map; print

Title: Plan of operations in the western Pyrenees mountains |
Museum number: 1873,1011.354 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benjamin BakerAfter:Lt-Col Robert Batty |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Chateau near Collman, at the Entrance of Grednerth Views in the Tyrol |
Museum number: 1858,1209.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeIntermediary draughtsman:Peter De Wint |
Production date: 1819

print

Museum number: 1982,u.3403 |
Producer name: Print made by:George Thomas DooAfter:William Thomas Roden |
Production date: 1868

print; book-illustration; album

Title: India-Proofs of Wood-Engravings by The Brothers Dalziel |
Museum number: 1913,0415.163 |
Producer name: Print made by:Dalziel BrothersAfter:Andrew Nicholl |
Production date: 1839-1847

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.379 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Expedition crossing lake Prosperous, May 30 1820 |
Museum number: 1932,0727.118 |
Producer name: After:Lieutenant Robert HoodPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Title: The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain |
Museum number: 1872,1012.5639-5785 |
Producer name: Published by:Charles Alfred StothardPublished by:Anna Eliza Bray |
Production date: 1810-1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Undercroft / Canterbury Cathedral |
Museum number: 1887,0613.93.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:William T WoolnothAfter:Captain Thomas Hastings |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Canterbury (Kent)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1849,0721.1664-1665 |
Producer name: After:Thomas StothardPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Scott's Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft |
Museum number: 1978,U.1646.(8) |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1859,0316.941 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0112.176 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Woman Taken in Adultery |
Museum number: 1983,U.2969 |
Producer name: Print made by:John BurnetAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Travelling in Spanish America. |
Museum number: 1867,0309.1670 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maria, Lady Callcott |
Production date: 1806-1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Residence of Thomas Davies, Russell Street, Covent Garden |
Museum number: 1880,0911.1301 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles John SmithPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6329 |
Producer name: After:Charles Reuben RyleyPrint made by:Robert Laurie |
Production date: 1770-1780s |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book

Title: Alexander's Expedition, to the Indian Ocean. |
Museum number: 1972,U.412 |
Producer name: Manner/Style of:Thomas BewickOriginally retailed by:John Murray |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.329 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.7851 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FindenAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.226 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1872,0210.49-104 |
Producer name: Published by:Sherwood & CoPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Edinburgh

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.254 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Witches Frolic |
Museum number: 1856,0913.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Thyrza |
Museum number: 1849,0512.404 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Childe Harold |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7827 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0112.185 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1920,1211.781 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles John SmithAfter:Thomas Trotter |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0112.191 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Tomb of Virgil A Picturesque Tour of Italy |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3845 |
Producer name: After:James HakewillPrint made by:John Landseer |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.198 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: John Hepburn Keskarrah a Copper Indian Guide & his Daughter Gre |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1016 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Lieutenant Robert Hood |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.4116 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry WorthingtonAfter:George Vertue |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The castle of Ferrara |
Museum number: 1923,0120.80 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HighamPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0112.212 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.350 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Launching Boats Across a Reef Oposite to Mount Conybeare |
Museum number: 1932,0727.101 |
Producer name: After:Admiral Sir George BackPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.252 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Author in his Winter Dress, as He Travelled through Lapland |
Museum number: 1977,0611.106 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestallPrint made by:Dennis Dighton |
Production date: 1825 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Elfin Tricks |
Museum number: 1859,0316.584 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Boats Again Aground in Shoalwater Bay at Midnight |
Museum number: 1932,0727.99 |
Producer name: After:Admiral Sir George BackPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1978,U.2506 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Lepus (Lagomys) princeps. |
Museum number: 1892,0714.100 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Shooting Tiger from platform. |
Museum number: 1867,1214.450 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas LandseerAfter:Godfrey Charles Munday |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Romeo and Juliet |
Museum number: 1870,0514.1720 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard RhodesAfter:Rev Matthew William Peters |
Production date: 1817 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Mary, Sister of Martha |
Museum number: 1863,0509.15 |
Producer name: After:Henry FuseliPrint made by:Thomas Holloway |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Folkestone Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England |
Museum number: 1868,0822.4084 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:Luke Clennell |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Tales of the Hall |
Museum number: 1873,0510.1149 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Stalactites in Yordas Cave The Caves near Ingleton in Yorkshire |
Museum number: 1874,0613.2734.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestallPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1978,U.2522 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.294 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Reginald's Tower |
Museum number: 1876,0812.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry BrookePublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Bridge of Boats across the Adour below Bayonne The Campaign of the left wing of the allied army i |
Museum number: 1873,1011.373 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lt-Col Robert BattyPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Mutterer Craven Valley, and the Kreutzjock, an Views in the Tyrol |
Museum number: 1954,1103.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Bernard CookeAfter:Peter De Wint |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Cacique meeting Carrera's Troops |
Museum number: 1938,0919.9 |
Producer name: After:Augustus EarlePrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: The Approach to Pompeii |
Museum number: 1879,0614.220 |
Producer name: After:Maj-Gen James Pattison CockburnPrint made by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,1208.109 |
Producer name: After:RembrandtPrint made by:Robert William Sievier |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1862,1217.475 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Tales of the Hall |
Museum number: 1872,1012.4868 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: View of the Choir from the N. E. Transept, / Canterbury Cathedral |
Museum number: 1887,0613.93.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:William T WoolnothAfter:Captain Thomas Hastings |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Canterbury (Kent)

print; book of prints

Title: The Monuments of Nineveh |
Museum number: 1849,0519.1-102 |
Producer name: After:Sir Austen Henry LayardAfter:George Scharf |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Residence of Thomas Davies, Russell Street, Covent Garden |
Museum number: 1880,1113.3090 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles John SmithPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Corsair. |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7845 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel NobleAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Lausanne |
Museum number: 1901,1022.2055 |
Producer name: After:Anthony Vandyke Copley FieldingPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.275 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0112.193 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1111.1185-1191 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3052 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Charles Robert Leslie |
Production date: 1819-1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0112.243 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.342 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0112.255 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: View on the barren lands. |
Museum number: 1932,0727.111 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:E N Kendall |
Production date: 1828 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Woman taken in adultery Forster's British Gallery |
Museum number: 1981,U.449 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:William Bromley |
Production date: 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book; book-illustration

Title: Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa |
Museum number: 1881,1112.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward FindenAfter:Maj Dixon Denham |
Production date: 1826 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.202 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0814.903 |
Producer name: After:Richard WestallPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1808 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Mosaic pavement found at Pompeii. |
Museum number: 1879,0614.243 |
Producer name: Published by:William Bernard CookePrint made by:William James Bennett |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0112.189 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of the Temple at Taphis Views in Egypt and Nubia |
Museum number: 1977,0611.98 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WestallAfter:S Bossi |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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