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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

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Display artist/maker:

William Henry Worthington

Born: ca. 1790, UK, England, London   Died: 1839, UK, England

Engraver. Worthington published plates in 'Physiognomical Portraits' (1821), 'Effigies Poeticae' (1822), 'Portraits of the Sovereigns of England' (1824), 'Pickering's History of England' (1826), 'Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting' (1827), 'Hogarth Moralized' (1831), 'Hogarth's Works' (1833), and Cunningham's 'Cabinet Gallery' (1836). He notably engraved the Elgin Marbles for 'A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum' (1812-45). Between 1819 and 1839 he exhibited original portraits on Shakespearian themes at the Royal Academy and the British Institution

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker




 
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