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Alfred Ashley

British etcher and draftsman, active 1830-1853

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Images by Alfred Ashley

11 images from works
  • The river Thames is crowded with boats as spectators try to view an execution on a bridge in Billingsgate, London. Etching by A. Ashley.
  • An episode in the novel Old London Bridge by G.H. Rodwell: an attack by robbers on a cottage on Putney Heath, London, is resisted with gunfire by two of the occupants, Edward Osborne and The Cripple of the Bridge. Etching by A. Ashley, 1848.
  • A group of men embroiled in a fight in the street while two men are tied up with rope and suspended from a beam across the street. Etching by A. Ashley.
  • The ghost of a girl appearing to an old man surrounded by demons of conscience (?). Etching by A. Ashley.
  • A soldier with a young woman on his arm is watched with interest by those around them. Etching by or after A. Ashley.
  • A young women sits reading a sheet of paper while one man listens attentively and the other looks away. Etching by A. Ashley.
  • A soldier picks up the handkerchief which a young lady has dropped and hands it back to her. Process print after A. Ashley.
  • A dog with a dappled coat is trying to touch a hot object that is lying on the ground with its paw. Etching by A. Ashley.
  • A dog fighting a monkey. Etching by A. Ashley.
  • Royal Institution, Manchester, England. Line engraving by A. Ashley after J.F. Burrell.
  • A 16th-century journalist is encouraged to make up some scandal. Etching by A. Ashley after G.H. Rodwell.

Works from the collections

11 works

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    A dog with a dappled coat is trying to touch a hot object that is lying on the ground with its paw. Etching by A. Ashley.

    Ashley, Alfred. | Reference: 41548i
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    The river Thames is crowded with boats as spectators try to view an execution on a bridge in Billingsgate, London. Etching by A. Ashley.

    | Reference: 43531i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An episode in the novel Old London Bridge by G.H. Rodwell: an attack by robbers on a cottage on Putney Heath, London, is resisted with gunfire by two of the occupants, Edward Osborne and The Cripple of the Bridge. Etching by A. Ashley, 1848.

    Ashley, Alfred. | Date: [1848?] | Reference: 43025i
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    The ghost of a girl appearing to an old man surrounded by demons of conscience (?). Etching by A. Ashley.

    Ashley, Alfred. | Reference: 11543i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A 16th-century journalist is encouraged to make up some scandal. Etching by A. Ashley after G.H. Rodwell.

    Rodwell, G. Herbert (George Herbert), 1800-1852. | Date: [1848] | Reference: 37048i

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