Henry Thomas Ryall (August 1811 – 14 September 1867) was an English line, stipple and mixed-method engraver and later used mixed

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. Ryall was appointed the royal engraver by

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. Forty of his works are in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Life

He was born at

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, Somerset, in August 1811. He was a pupil of

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, the

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engraver, but the style in which he at first worked was that known as ‘chalk’ or ‘stipple.’ He began his career by engraving plates for the editions of

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's ''Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain'', and for the series of ''Portraits of Eminent Conservatives and Statesmen'', as well as for

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's ''Book of Beauty'' and other works. In 1861, Ryall was living with his wife Georgina, niece and two servants at

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. Ryall died at his residence at

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, Berkshire, on 14 September 1867.

Works

Ryall's larger plates are a combination of line and stipple. They include ''The Coronation of Queen Victoria'', after the picture by

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, and ''The Christening of the Princess Royal'', after

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, the engraving that gained him the honorary appointment of historical engraver to the queen. He also engraved ''Christopher Columbus at the Convent of La Rabida'', after Sir David Wilkie; ''The Blind Girl at the Holy Well'', after Sir Frederick William Burton, the first publication of the Royal Irish Art Union; ''Landais Peasants going to Market'' and ''Changing Pasture'', after

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; ''The Death of a Stag'', ''The Combat'', ''The Fight for the Standard'', ''Just Caught'', and ''Dogs and their Game'' (a series of six plates), after

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; ''The Halt'' and ''The Keeper's Daughter'', after Ansdell and

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; ''The Pursuit of Pleasure'' and ''Home! The Return from the Crimea'', after Sir Joseph Noel Paton; ''Knox administering the first Protestant Sacrament in Scotland'', after

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; ''Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales'', after Robert Thorburn; ''The Princess Helena and Prince Alfred'', after

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; ''Adam and Eve'' (''The Temptation and the Fall''), after Claude Marie Dubufe; ''Devotion'', after

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; ''A Duel after a Bal Masqué'', after

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; ''The Prayer'', after Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer; and numerous plates after

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. He engraved also

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's miniatures of Queen Victoria and the prince consort, and several other portraits. He painted occasionally in oils, and exhibited in 1846 at the Society of British Artists ''Waiting for an Answer'', and at the Royal Academy ''A Reverie'' in 1852, and ''The Crochet Lesson'' in 1859.

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* An engraving of the painting 'Grace St Aubyn' by

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for Heath’s Book of Beauty, 1833, with a poetical illustration by

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. * An engraving of , a painting by Henry Liverseege, for Heath’s Book of Beauty, 1836, with a poetical illustration by

. * An engraving of by

for Finden’s Gallery of the Graces (1834), with a poetical illustration by

. * An engraving of by

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for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1839, with a poetical illustration. by

References

* * An engraving of by

Peter Lely Sir Peter Lely (14 September 1618 – 7 December 1680) was a painter of Dutch origin whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court. Life Lely was born Pieter van der Faes to Dutch ...

for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837 with a poetical illustration by

that relates to the 4th Earl. * An engraving of by H Andrews for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1839 with a poetical illustration, ''The Farewell'', by

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