James C. Allen (engraver)
James C. Allen (died 1833),[1] was an English line-engraver from London.
He was the son of a Smithfield salesman. Allen was taught by William Bernard Cooke, and in conjunction with whom he engraved and published in 1821 ‘Views of the Colosseum,’ from drawings by , and in 1825 ‘Views in the South of France, chiefly on the Rhone,’ from drawings by Peter De Wint, after original sketches by . He likewise engraved a spirited plate of the ‘Defeat of the Spanish Armada,’ after , for the ‘Gallery of Greenwich Hospital;’ ‘St. Mawes, Cornwall,’ after Turner, for Cooke's ‘Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England;’ ‘Portsmouth from Spithead,’ after Stanfield; and ‘The Temple of Isis,’ after Cockburn. He excelled especially in etching, and was much employed on illustrations for books.[2]
His work remains in the British Museum.[3]
References[]
- ^ Hunnisett, B. (3 January 2008). "Allen, James Charles (bap. 1790?, d. 1833), engraver". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/375. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons". 1878.
. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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