Shepperton, Middlesex - William Tombleson

William Tombleson (1795 - c. 1846) was an English

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artist, illustrator,

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engraver, writer and

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, based in

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William Tombleson William Tombleson (1795 - c. 1846) was an English topographical and architecture artist, illustrator, copper and steel engraver, writer and printmaker, based in London. William Tombleson (German Wikipedia). Life and works In the 1830s, his top ...

(German Wikipedia).

Life and works

In the 1830s, his topographical drawings of the upper and middle River

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, and of the rivers

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and

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were published as engraved prints and books (see bibliography). For volume 1 of "Views of the Rhine etc." he provided 69 illustrations - the book was also published in French and German editions. Engravers who worked on Tombleson's drawings included Thomas Clark, John Cleghorn, T. Cox, R. Harris, W. Hood, J. Howe, W. Lacey, O. Smith,

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, J. Stokes, D. Thompson, W. Tombleson, W. Watts, R. Wilson, H. Winkles and others.

Selected bibliography

Illustrated by Tombleson: *Fearnside, William Gray. ''Tombleson's
Views of the Rhine from Cologne to Mainz
'(London: George Virtue, 1832) - French edition. *Fearnside, William Gray.
The Thames and Medway. A series of eighty engravings displaying the most picturesque waterside scenery of ten counties etc
' (London: Thomas Holmes, c. 1865). Books with engravings by Tombleson: * Brayley, E. W.
A series of views of the most interesting remains of ancient castles of England and Wales
' (Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme & Brown, 1823). * Neale, J. P. ''Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen'' (Sherwood Jones, and Co. London, 1824) *Shepherd, Thomas & Elmes, James.
Metropolitan improvements; or London in the nineteenth century
' (London: Jones & Co. 1827).

Gallery of works

File:Tombleson Andernach 03.jpg,

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File:Tombleson Moselle Bridge.jpg, The Moselle Bridge at Coblentz File:Tombleson Boppard.jpg,

Boppard Boppard (), formerly also spelled Boppart, is a town and municipality (since the 1976 inclusion of 9 neighbouring villages, ''Ortsbezirken'') in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, lying in the Rhine Gorge, a UNE ...

File:Tombleson Mainz Cathedral.jpg,

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, Cathedral

Notes

External links

Tombleson online
(ArtCyclopedia)
Work by Tombleson
(

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Map of the River ThamesWorks by Tombleson in the British Library

Tombleson in the US Library of Congress
*An engraving of by Harwood for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832, with a poetical illustration by

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. *An engraving of by Harwood for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1832, with a poetical illustration by

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tombleson, William 1795 births 1840s deaths Artists from London English engravers English illustrators English printmakers Landscape artists