British landscape and watercolour painter (1759-1817)

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A brown bear climbing up a tree. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

Sailors at a drunken orgy. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1807, after J.C. Ibbetson, 1802.

A huntsman stalking prey with his two dogs holding his rifle under his right arm. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A wolverine (glutton) is sitting on a dead tree branch in the forest while a young stag is passing. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

Two foxes killing and carrying away a goose and a chicken while a cockerel is watching on sitting on a fence post. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A giraffe standing in a rocky landscape is approached by a hunter with a rifle. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A rhinoceros standing before palmtrees and a banana plant. Line engraving by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A dray horse standing in front of the dray with the drayman sitting on the cart. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

Two rabbits sitting next to the entrance of their burrow while a couple of rabbits are gamboling in the background. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A badger and a ratel on a nocturnal hunt for prey in the forest. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A jockey holding a race horse by its reins. Line engraving by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A horned monkey is sitting on the ground while a four fingered monkey is climbing up a tree. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A cabinet of quadrupeds / consisting of highly-finished engravings, by James Tookey; from drawings by Julius Ibbetson; with historical and scientific descriptions, by John Church.

An otter sitting on a rock in the river having just caught a pike. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

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Julius Caesar Ibbetson

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Images by Julius Caesar Ibbetson

Works from the collections

A cabinet of quadrupeds / consisting of highly-finished engravings, by James Tookey; from drawings by Julius Ibbetson; with historical and scientific descriptions, by John Church.

Sailors at a drunken orgy. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1807, after J.C. Ibbetson, 1802.

A brown bear climbing up a tree. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

An otter sitting on a rock in the river having just caught a pike. Etching by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

A jockey holding a race horse by its reins. Line engraving by J. Tookey after J. C. Ibbetson.

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