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A Greenwich Pensioner showing the Thornhill decorations in the Painted Hall to a family of visitors. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after [J. N.] Esq, 1807.

William Hogarth making a drawing of his companions and himself as they shave and take their breakfast. Etching by Richard Livesay, 1781, after William Hogarth, 1732.

William Hogarth embarking on a boat in the Thames near Sheerness, accompanied by four friends. Etching by R. Livesay after S. Scott and W. Hogarth.

The House of Commons: the Speaker, Arthur Onslow (seated, centre), calling upon Sir Robert Walpole (left) to speak. Stipple engraving by R. Page after W. Hogarth and J. Thornhill.

"The Chief Clerk, Edward Stables, and his assistant, Aiskew, are seated at the right. In the front row above, from left to right are: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645-1712), the Father of the House (MP for St Germains); Colonel Richard Onslow (1654 -1717), brother of the Speaker (MP for Guildford); and the artist, Sir James Thornhill (MP for Melcombe Regis)"--National Trust website, accessed December 2019

1 print : stipple, with etching ; image 14.4 x 12.1 cm

An episode in 'Hogarth's tour', a five-day tour of the Thames and Medway estuaries in 1732 by Ebenezer Forrest, William Hogarth, Samuel Scott, James Thornhill and William Tothall, published in 1782 under title: An account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days' peregrination of the five following persons, viz. Messieurs Tothall, Scott, Hogarth, Thornhill, and Forrest.

An episode in 'Hogarth's tour', a five-day tour of the Thames and Medway estuaries in 1732 by Ebenezer Forrest, William Hogarth, Samuel Scott, John Thornhill and William Tothall, published in 1782 under title: An account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days' peregrination of the five following persons, viz. Messieurs Tothall, Scott, Hogarth, Thornhill, and Forrest.
Set in the Nag's Head in Stoke, on the Hoo Peninsula in Kent, on the north side of the Medway Estuary. Breakfast was milk and toast

1 print : etching, printed in bistre ; image 31.8 x 20.3 cm

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 20.1 x 15 cm

Sir Isaac Newton. Oil painting by Sir James Thornhill.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: visitors in the Painted Hall, with Horatio Nelson's catafalque. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1810.

Residents of Ephesus burn their books on the magic arts before Saint Paul. Engraving, 18th century, after J. Thornhill.

Sir Isaac Newton. Mezzotint after Sir J. Thornhill, 1710.

Saint Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is attacked by a snake which he shakes off into a fire; it does not harm him and the onlookers take him for a god. Etching after J. Thornhill.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: the interior of the Painted Hall, with many visitors. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after L. H. Michael, 1865.

Richard Bentley D.D., F.R.S. Line engraving by G. Vertue after Sir J. Thornhill.

Sir Isaac Newton. Wash drawing by G. S., 1848, after J. Simon, 1723, after Sir J. Thornhill, 1710.

Study of four male heads. Etching by W. Hogarth (?) after Raphael.

Adams records [p.223] that Ackermann, originally a coachbuilder, designed Lord Nelson's hearse in 1805

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 19.5 x 25.6 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 21.5 x 35.8 cm

Newton, half length to left, pointing with his left index finger to left. On the right, drapery

1 print : mezzotint ; image 31.7 x 25.3 cm

Newton, half length to left, pointing with his left index finger to left

1 drawing : grey wash ; sheet 30.3 x 23.7 cm

1 painting : oil on canvas ; canvas 69.3 x 56.2 cm

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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: visitors in the Painted Hall, with Horatio Nelson's catafalque. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1810.

Study of four male heads. Etching by W. Hogarth (?) after Raphael.

Sir Isaac Newton. Mezzotint after Sir J. Thornhill, 1710.

Sir Isaac Newton. Wash drawing by G. S., 1848, after J. Simon, 1723, after Sir J. Thornhill, 1710.

Sir Isaac Newton. Oil painting by Sir James Thornhill.

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Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734

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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: visitors in the Painted Hall, with Horatio Nelson's catafalque. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after A. C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson, 1810.

Study of four male heads. Etching by W. Hogarth (?) after Raphael.

Sir Isaac Newton. Mezzotint after Sir J. Thornhill, 1710.

Sir Isaac Newton. Wash drawing by G. S., 1848, after J. Simon, 1723, after Sir J. Thornhill, 1710.

Sir Isaac Newton. Oil painting by Sir James Thornhill.

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