Thomas Ryder (engraver)
Thomas Ryder (1746–1810), engraver, was a pupil of James Basire, and during his apprenticeship established drawings with the Society of Artists of Great Britain, Society of Artists in 1766 and 1767. He was also one of the first students in the schools of the Royal Academy. Works Ryder engraved a few plates in the line manner, of which the most important are "The Politician" (a portrait of Benjamin Franklin), after Stephen Elmer, S. Elmer, 1782; and "Vortigern and Rowena", after Angelica Kauffman, A. Kauffman, 1802; but he is best known by his works in stipple, which are among the finest of their class. These include "The Last Supper", after Benjamin West; "The Murder of James I of Scotland", after John Opie, Opie; "Prudence and Beauty", after A. Kauffman; nine of the plates to the large edition of John Boydell, Boydell's "Shakspeare"; and others from designs by Bigg, Bunbury, Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Cipriani, Richard Cosway, Cosway, Ryley, and Samuel Shelley, Shelley. Ryder ...
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The Captive After Joseph Wright By Thomas Ryder
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