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Radclyffe, William, 1783-1855


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    • Radclyffe, W. (William), 1783-1855
    • Radcliffe, William, 1783-1855
    • Radcliffe, W. (William), 1783-1855
    • Radcliff, William, 1783-1855
    • Radcliff, W. (William), 1783-1855
    • Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855
    • Radclyffe, William, 1796-1855

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      • Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855

    • Sources

      • found: Cameron, Mrs. History of Marten, 1821:frontispiece (W. Radclyffe sc.)
      • found: DNB(Radclyffe, William, 1796-1855; line-engraver)
      • found: Toronto Public Library. Osborne Coll., 1975:page 455 (Radclyffe, William, 1783-1855; line-engraver and founder of the Birmingham School of Art)
      • found: RLIN database, 12/4/92(hdg.: Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855)
      • found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site, viewed July 21, 2023(Radclyffe, William; born October 20, 1783 in Birmingham; he was probably the William Radcliffe, engraver, at Gough Street, Birmingham, in 1810, but William Radclyffe was an engraver and copperplate printer by 1814 at 21 Edmund Street, and in 1817 he had taken in Thomas Radclyffe (possibly a younger brother); he used steel-engraving from about 1823, notably for 32 plates for A. Blair's Graphic illustrations of Warwickshire (1823-9); about 1825 he expanded the printing and engraving business and moved his residence to George Street, Edgbaston, leaving the joint business at 18 Edmund Street and 34 New Street, Birmingham; his reputation as a landscape engraver was enhanced by the 97 plates done for Thomas Roscoe's Wanderings and excursions in North Wales and ... South Wales (1836); his plates were usually signed W. Radclyffe, W. Radcliffe or W. Radcliff; from 1814 he took an active part in the promotion of the local artistic community; he died in Birmingham on December 29, 1855)
      • found: British Book Trade Index WWW site, viewed July 21, 2023(Radclyffe, William; county: Warwickshire; town: Birmingham; trading dates: 1814 (before)-1838; notes: See RADCLIFFE, William) another record (Radcliffe, William; county: Warwickshire; town: Birmingham; address(es): 21 Edmund St. George St, Edgbaston (1828-38), 3 Park Lane (1832), 31 New Street, 18 Edmund Street, Monument Lane (1850); book trades: engraver/etcher, printer (copperplate), bookbinder, stationer, print seller; trading dates: 1814-1850; notes: Aka Radclyffe. Trading as W & T Radcliffe (1817-29); Radcliffe & Co (1832-4). Possibly the same as William Ratcliffe. Partner of Thomas Radcliffe 1814 and William Hawkes Smith 1832)

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      • 1992-12-16: new
      • 2023-07-22: revised

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