Jonathan Spilsbury (1737?–1812) was an English engraver, the brother of John Spilsbury, with whom he has sometimes been confused, and father of

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Works

Spilsbury practised chiefly in mezzotint, and between 1759 and 1789 produced many plates, mainly portraits, which included: Richard Baxter by Riley

* Richard Baxter; * John Bunyan, after Thomas Sadler; * Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, after William Hoare; * Miss Jacob, and Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, after

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; *

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, after

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; *

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, after George Romney; and * George III and Queen Charlotte, from his own drawings. He also engraved subject-pieces after Murillo,

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, Metzu,

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, and others For his print of Miss Jacob, Spilsbury was awarded a premium by the Society of Arts in 1761, and for that of the Earl of Carlisle another in 1763. He exhibited original portraits and biblical compositions with the Society of Artists of Great Britain in 1763, 1770, and 1771, and at the

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from 1776 to 1784. He contributed a picture of ''The Widow of Zarepta'' to the

British Institution The British Institution (in full, the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom; founded 1805, disbanded 1867) was a private 19th-century society in London formed to exhibit the works of living and dead artists; it w ...

in 1807.

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;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Spilsbury, Jonathan English engravers 1737 births 1812 deaths