John Scott (1774–1827) was an English engraver, known for his work on topics showing animals.

Life

He was born on 12 March 1774 at

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, where his father, John Scott, worked in a brewery. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to a tallow-chandler; but at the end of his articles went to London, where his fellow-townsman

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gave him two years' instruction, at the same time paying him. On leaving Pollard, Scott obtained employment from John Wheble, the proprietor of the ''

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'', and for many years executed the portraits of racehorses published there. He became known among English animal engravers. Scott worked until 1821, when a stroke of paralysis practically terminated his career; during the last years of his life he was assisted by the

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, of which he had been one of the originators. Scott died at his residence in

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, on 24 December 1827. He left a widow, and several daughters; one son, John R. Scott, also became an engraver, and executed some plates for the ''Sporting Magazine''. A portrait of Scott, drawn by John Jackson R.A. in 1823, was engraved by

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and published in 1826. A crayon portrait by his son went to the print-room of the

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Works

Scott's works included: * William Barker Daniel's ''British Rural Sports'', 1801, many of the plates in which were both designed and engraved by him; *''Sportsman's Cabinet, a correct delineation of the Canine Race'', 1804; *''History and Delineation of the Horse'', 1809; and *''Sportsman's Repository, comprising a series of engravings representing the horse and the dog in all their varieties, from paintings by Marshall, Reinagle, Gilpin, Stubbs, and Cooper'', 1820, which made Scott famous. Philip Reinagle00

A pair of large plates, ''Breaking Cover'', after

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, and ''Death of the Fox'', after

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, issued in 1811, are regarded as his masterpieces. Scott also did much work for publications of a different kind, such as

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and William Young Ottley's ''British Gallery'', Ottley's ''Stafford Gallery'', John Britton's ''Fine Arts of the English School'',

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's ''Tour of Italy'', and Peter Coxe's ''Social Day''.

References

* ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, John 1774 births 1827 deaths English engravers Artists from Newcastle upon Tyne