Elmes, William, active 1797-1820
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notfound: A kick up in a great house, 1820 [etching; unsigned]
found: Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators, 2012, viewed through oxfordreference.com on June 24, 2015 :"Elmes, William." (Painter and engraver active in London; works include the painting "Tour of Waterford Harbour," exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1797, and copper engravings featuring caricatures of Napoleon after his own drawings, including "John Bull Carrying Bony's Nose to the Grindstone"; probably also the Elmes who made the aquatint plate, "Persian Cyclamen," for R. J. Thornton's Temple of Flora.) - http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199923052.001.0001/acref-9780199923052-e-991
found: Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the department of prints and drawings in the British Museum, vols. IX-X, 1949-1952 :(Lists prints by Elmes dating from 1811 to 1820; tentatively attributes A Kick Up in a Great House to Elmes in v. 10, page 738; other etchings with a very similar style, by the same publisher, the same year, are signed W.- E. - and are unquestionably by Elmes: "The blanket hornpipe by Signor Non Ricordo" and "K--g Cupid in the corner -- playing Bopeep.")
found: OCLC search, June 25, 2015(access points: Elmes, William, active 1797-1814; Elmes, William, fl. 1797-1814; Elmes, William; Elmes, William, active 1811-1820; Elmes, William, engr.; Elmes, William, active 1804-1816; active 1797)
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2015-06-27: new
2015-06-28: revised
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