James Stow (c.1770-1823)
Stow was a noted line engraver from Maidstone, Kent.
Bryan’s Dictionary give the following insight into his life and work: ‘In his boyhood he showed such an aptitude for art, that some of the gentry in the neighbourhood raised a subscription and apprenticed him to [William] Woollett. On the death of his master he was transferred to William Sharp, with whom he remained as assistant after his apprenticeship had expired. He was highly thought of in the early part of his career, and employed on many important works, but he seems to have been wanting in steadiness and application. He fell into dissipated habits, and on his death left a family in poverty.’
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
National Portrait Gallery, London
Royal Academy, London
Royal Collection Trust
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
Stow was a noted line engraver from Maidstone, Kent.
Bryan’s Dictionary give the following insight into his life and work: ‘In his boyhood he showed such an aptitude for art, that some of the gentry in the neighbourhood raised a subscription and apprenticed him to [William] Woollett. On the death of his master he was transferred to William Sharp, with whom he remained as assistant after his apprenticeship had expired. He was highly thought of in the early part of his career, and employed on many important works, but he seems to have been wanting in steadiness and application. He fell into dissipated habits, and on his death left a family in poverty.’
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
National Portrait Gallery, London
Royal Academy, London
Royal Collection Trust
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Literature
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons
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