Thomas Cockson, or ''Coxon'' (bap. 1569
–
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1609-30 or 1636
– 1641
), was one of the earliest English engravers. He left a large number of portraits engraved entirely with the
graver in a neatly and finished manner.
His first and most recognizable work is one for
John Harington's version of
Ariosto's ''
Orlando Furioso
''Orlando furioso'' (; ''The Frenzy of Orlando'', more loosely ''Raging Roland'') is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was no ...
'' and his latest, one depicting musketeers and pike men, which depicts on either side the coats of arms of various captains of the time.
Engravings
Among his works are
James I, sitting in parliament,
, daughter of James I,
sitting in parliament,
, Earl of Nottingham, on horseback,
George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, on horseback,
,
Marie de Médicis
Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...
,
, Emperor of Germany,
, Emperor of Russia,
Concini
Concino Concini, 1st Marquis d'Ancre (23 November 1569 – 24 April 1617), was an Italian politician, best known for being a minister of Louis XIII of France, as the favourite of Louis's mother, Marie de Medici, Queen of France. In 1617 he was ki ...
, Marquis d'Ancre (1617),
Henri Bourbon, Prince de Condé,
, Dean of Carlisle (1624),
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) was an English poet, playwright and historian in the late- Elizabethan and early- Jacobean eras. He was an innovator in a wide range of literary genres. His best-known works are the sonnet cycle ''Delia'', the epi ...
, the Court Poet (1609),
John Taylor John Taylor, Johnny Taylor or similar may refer to:
Academics
*John Taylor (Oxford), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1486–1487
*John Taylor (classical scholar) (1704–1766), English classical scholar
*John Taylor (English publisher) (178 ...
, the Water Poet (title-page to his poems, 1630),
,
and many others.
He also engraved the frontispiece to John Harington's translation of Ariosto's ''Orlando Furioso'' in 1591, a plate called ''
The Revells of Christendome
''The Revells of Christendome'' is an engraving by English engraver Thomas Cockson. With image size of 21.6 x 35.5 cm and overall measure of 29.2 x 37.2 cm, A copy is in the collection of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Br ...
'' of 1609, which is a satirical print representing James I, Henry IV of France, Prince Maurice (Stadholder), and Christian IV of Denmark playing cards and backgammon against the Pope and his ecclesiastical brethren,
some sea pieces with shipping, and in 1636 a large folding plate with explanatory letterpress of various postures for musketeers and pike men, invented by a certain Lieutenant Clarke.
Thomas Cockson often signed his prints with his initials interlaced; hence it is difficult to distinguish them from those of
Thomas Cross or
Thomas Cecil
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, Knight of the Garter, KG (5 May 1542 – 8 February 1623), known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an England, English politician, courtier and soldier.
Family
Thomas Cecil was the elder son of Willia ...
(1630), who each used a similar monogram.
See also
*
Intaglio
*
Old master print
An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition. The term remains current in the art trade, and there is no easy alternative in English to distinguish the works of "fine art" produced in printmakin ...
References
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English engravers
1560s births
1630s deaths