English illustrator, engraver, painter and watercolorist (1809-1886)

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Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.

Outer cooling room of a Turkish bath-house. Engraving by T.A. Prior after T. Allom.

The blind school, Southwark. Engraving by T. A. Prior, [c.1835], after D. McKewan.

A group of horses in a paddock in a forest with foals playing in the foreground. Etching by T. A. Prior after a painting by J. Ward.

An artist drawing a panoramic view of Eton College from Windsor Castle terrace, Berkshire. Line engraving by T.A. Prior, 1840, after J.D. Harding.

Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley, Hampshire: from the harbour. Line engraving by T.A. Prior, 1857, after E. Duncan.

Greenwich Hill, with many visitors, London in the distance. Engraving by T. A. Prior.

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Thomas Abiel Prior

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Images by Thomas Abiel Prior

Works from the collections

Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.

An artist drawing a panoramic view of Eton College from Windsor Castle terrace, Berkshire. Line engraving by T.A. Prior, 1840, after J.D. Harding.

Greenwich Hill, with many visitors, London in the distance. Engraving by T. A. Prior.

Outer cooling room of a Turkish bath-house. Engraving by T.A. Prior after T. Allom.

The blind school, Southwark. Engraving by T. A. Prior, [c.1835], after D. McKewan.

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