James Tibbits Willmore (

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September 180012 March 1863

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) was a British engraver.

Biography

He was born at Bristnal's End, Handsworth (then

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, now

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). Contemporaneous authorities differ on the spelling of his middle name, as seen in the citations

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. His father, James Willmore, was a manufacturer of silverware. At the age of fourteen Willmore was apprenticed to the Birmingham engraver

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. His younger brother Arthur Willmore (1814–1888) trained with him, and also became an engraver. Radclyffe had received drawing lessons in Birmingham from

Joseph Barber Joseph Barber (1757 – 16 July 1811) was an English landscape painter and art teacher, and an early member of the Birmingham School of landscape painters. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Barber moved to Birmingham in the 1770s, where he work ...

. He married, and in 1823 he went to London where he worked for

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for three years. He later worked on the plates of

William Brockedon William Brockedon (13 October 1787 – 29 August 1854) was a 19th-century English painter, writer and inventor. Early life Brockedon was born at Totnes on 13 October 1787, son of a watchmaker. He was educated at a private school in Totnes, bu ...

's ''Passes of the Alps'' and

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's ''England and Wales''. He made engravings after Chalon, Leitch, Stanfield, Landseer, Eastlake, Creswick and Ansdell, and especially after Turner. Willmore engraved thirteen pictures on copper for Turner's ''England and Wales'' series, beginning in 1828, and eight on steel for his ''Rivers of France''. He made a number of large single plates after Turner, including ''Ancient Italy'' in 1842. The next year he exhibited this print at the Royal Academy (the first he had shown there), and was elected an associate engraver of the academy. He died on 12 March 1863 and is buried on the western side of

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Gallery

Cascade at Terni.jpg, Engraving of the 'Cascade at Terni' by James Tibbits Willmore after a drawing by

Samuel Prout Samuel Prout painted by John Jackson in 1831 Market Day by Samuel Prout A View in Nuremberg by Samuel Prout Utrecht Town Hall by Samuel Prout in 1841 Samuel Prout (; 17 September 1783 – 10 February 1852) was a British watercolourist, and ...

. Published 1830. TurnerUllswaterCumberland.jpg, ''Ullswater, Cumberland'' Engraving by James Tibbits Willmore for Turner's ''Picturesque Views in England and Wales'' Battle of Hopton Heath.png, ''Battle of Hopton Heath'' after

George Cattermole George Cattermole (10 August 180024 July 1868) was a British painter and illustrator, chiefly in watercolours. He was a friend of Charles Dickens and many other literary and artistic figures. Life and work He was born at Dickleburgh, near Di ...

(1800–1868) Three young boys are fishing in rock pools with a large net. Wellcome V0040516.jpg, ''Three young boys are fishing in rock pools with a large net'' after W. Collins File:James Tibbits Willmore - Byron's Dream - B1979.34.7 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg, 1833 engraving based on

Charles Lock Eastlake Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (17 November 1793 – 24 December 1865) was a British painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the 19th century. After a period as keeper, he was the first director of the National Gallery. Life Eastlake ...

's '' Lord Byron's Dream'' Grave of James Tibbits Willmore in Highgate Cemetery.jpg, Grave of James Tibbits Willmore in

References

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J. M. W. Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbulen ...

's view of Nantes from Feydeau Island was published in The Keepsake annual for 1831, with an illustrative poem entitled by

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Willmore, James Tibbits 1800 births British engravers People from Handsworth, West Midlands People from Birmingham, West Midlands 1863 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery Associates of the Royal Academy