Thomas Jeavons (1795-1867)
Jeavons was born in Birmingham where he later undertook his apprenticeship in engraving with William Radclyffe.
Bryan’s Dictionary provides the following information: ‘He confined himself for the most part to engraving from landscape subjects. One of his plates, ‘Dutch Boats in a Calm’ after E W Cooke RA, was published in the ‘Art Journal’ in 1849. He retired to Welshpool, where he died in 1867.’
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Royal Academy, London
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
Jeavons was born in Birmingham where he later undertook his apprenticeship in engraving with William Radclyffe.
Bryan’s Dictionary provides the following information: ‘He confined himself for the most part to engraving from landscape subjects. One of his plates, ‘Dutch Boats in a Calm’ after E W Cooke RA, was published in the ‘Art Journal’ in 1849. He retired to Welshpool, where he died in 1867.’
Collections
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Royal Academy, London
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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