James Neagle (1760?–1822) was a British engraver. Very largely a

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of book illustrations, he was prolific of designs by

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, Robert Smirke,

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, Henry Singleton, Richard Cook, and other popular artists.

Life

Neagle went to the

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in 1786. He had many commissions from the publishing firm of Cadell & Davies. In 1801, in a civil action brought by Jean Marie Delattre the engraver against

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, over a plate, Neagle was a witness for the plaintiff. Towards the end of his life (after 1816) he emigrated to America, where he died not long afterwards in 1822.

Works

Death of William Rufus from Bowyer's History of England

Neagle's work included plates for: *

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's and other editions of Shakespeare, including plates after Francis Wheatley; * John Sharpe's and Charles Cooke's series of English ''Classics''; * Edward Forster's ''

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'', 1802; * '' Gil Blas'', 1809, translated by Benjamin Heath Malkin; * ''Ancient Terra-Cottas in the British Museum'', 1810, by

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; and *

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's ''Arabian Antiquities of Spain'', 1816. A major work was ''The Royal Procession in St. Paul's on St. George's Day, 1789'', from a drawing by

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Family

Neagle had a son, John B. Neagle (died 1866), who practised as an engraver in

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Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Neagle, James 1760 births 1822 deaths British engravers