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Edward Radclyffe (1809–1863) was a British engraver, known from his illustrations of Thomas Roscoe's ''The London & Birmingham railway'' from 1839 in cooperation with George Dodgson Callow.
Born in 1809 in Birmingham, where he was educated under his father William Radclyffe and Vincent Barber, and followed his father's profession as an engraver.Keary, Charles Francis (1896). " Radclyffe, William". In Lee, Sidney. ''Dictionary of National Biography'' 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 230.
He received medals for engraving at the ages of fifteen and seventeen from the Society of Arts in London, and in his twenty-first year removed to the metropolis. He was largely employed in engraving for the ‘annuals,’ then so popular, and for '' The Art Journal'' and other works. He also was employed for many years by the admiralty in engraving charts.
Like his father, Radclyffe was a close friend of David Cox, and published several etchings and engravings from his works. He planned a "liber studiorum" in imitation of
Edward Radclyffe - Stag at the Edge of a Pond - B1998.14.281 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg, Edward Radclyffe, ''Stag at the Edge of a Pond'', Yale Center for British Art
Edward Radclyffe - St Michael's Church, Stockwell - B1977.14.15758 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg, Edward Radclyffe, ''St Michael's Church, Stockwell'', Yale Center for British Art
Edward Radclyffe - British Museum, Elgin Room - B1998.14.235 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg, Edward Radclyffe, ''British Museum, Elgin Room'', Yale Center for British Art
Edward Radclyffe - Fall of Foyers, Invernesshire - B1998.14.754 - Yale Center for British Art.jpg, Edward Radclyffe, ''Fall of Foyers, Invernesshire'', Yale Center for British Art
View from Coopers Hill, with Runnemede and Windsor Castle engraved by E.Radclyffe after a picture by Thomas Allom publ 1842 edited.jpg, ''View from Coopers Hill, with Runnemede and Windsor Castle'' engraved by E.Radclyffe after a picture by Thomas Allom published in 1842
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Line engraving by E. Radclyffe a Wellcome V0002299.jpg, ''Johann Wolfgang von Goethe'', a line engraving by Edward Radclyffe, Wellcome
King Edward VI's grammar school, Birmingham. Stipple engravi Wellcome V0012233.jpg, ''King Edward VI's grammar school, Birmingham'', stipple engraving by Edward Radclyffe after H. Harris after Sir C. Barry
Biography
Born in 1809 in Birmingham, where he was educated under his father William Radclyffe and Vincent Barber, and followed his father's profession as an engraver.Keary, Charles Francis (1896). " Radclyffe, William". In Lee, Sidney. ''Dictionary of National Biography'' 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 230.
He received medals for engraving at the ages of fifteen and seventeen from the Society of Arts in London, and in his twenty-first year removed to the metropolis. He was largely employed in engraving for the ‘annuals,’ then so popular, and for '' The Art Journal'' and other works. He also was employed for many years by the admiralty in engraving charts.
Like his father, Radclyffe was a close friend of David Cox, and published several etchings and engravings from his works. He planned a "liber studiorum" in imitation of J. M. W. Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring, imaginative landscapes and turbu ...
's ‘ Liber Studiorum’ , but had executed only three etchings for this at the time of his death in November 1863. At the end of his life he was living in Clifton Villas, Camden, London
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(now Cliff Villas) and was a close neighbour of Orlando Jewitt.
He was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery
Highgate Cemetery is a place of burial in North London, England, designed by architect Stephen Geary. There are approximately 170,000 people buried in around 53,000 graves across the West and East sides. Highgate Cemetery is notable both for so ...
, and his wife, son, daughter and daughter-in-law were later buried with him. He had married, in 1838, Maria, daughter of Major Henry Revell of Round Oak, Englefield Green
Englefield Green is a large village in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey, England, approximately west of central London. It is home to Runnymede Meadow, The Commonwealth Air Forces Memorial, The Savill Garden,and Royal Holloway, University of L ...
, Surrey.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Radclyffe, Edward (1809-1863) 1809 births 1863 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery 19th-century British engravers Artists from Birmingham, West Midlands