Gardiner, William Nelson (1766–1814), engraver and bookseller, born at Dublin on 11 June 1766, was the son of John Gardiner, 'crier and factotum' to Judge William Scott, and Margaret Nelson, his wife, a pastry-cook. He was educated at Sisson Darling's academy...
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Gardiner, William Nelson (1766–1814), engraver and bookseller
L. H. Cust
revised by E. M. Kirwan
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Rodd, Horatio (fl. 1798–1858)
See Rodd, Thomas, the elder
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Smith, Joseph (fl. 1709–1731), printseller and art bookseller
Timothy Clayton
Smith, Joseph (fl. 1709–1731), printseller and art bookseller, is of unknown parentage and there is no record of his early life. His son Joland was apprenticed in 1721 and was therefore probably born about 1707. Shortly afterwards, in partnership with Henry Overton, David Mortier...
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Thomason, Sir Edward (bap. 1769, d. 1849), manufacturer of buttons and jewellery and publisher of medals
Philip Attwood
Thomason, Sir Edward (bap. 1769, d. 1849), manufacturer of buttons and jewellery and publisher of medals, was baptized in Birmingham on 14 November 1769, the son of Edward Thomason, a buckle manufacturer, and his wife, Catherine. He served as an apprentice in Matthew Boulton's...
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Thomason, Sir Edward (bap. 1769, d. 1849)
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Sir Edward Thomason (bap. 1769, d. 1849) by William Brockedon, 1834 © National Portrait Gallery, London
