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Gerard Vandergucht

(1696-1776); British engraver (1696–1776)

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  • Works from the collections
  • Frequent collaborators
  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images by Gerard Vandergucht

15 images from works
  • John Allen. Line engraving by G. van der Gucht.
  • Game animals, birds and waterfowl (23 varieties), lying dead on the ground beneath an oak tree, in a pastoral setting. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack (?), 1750/1770?.
  • The base of the brain with part of the medulla oblongata, the blood vessels injected with wax, and the cerebellum (Table XII, figs 1-2), after Cowper in Ridley (1695); the foetal heart, the larynx and the viscera (Table XIII), after an etching by G. Vandergucht in Cheselden (1740) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.
  • An oval cartouche containing a dedication to Dr Richard Mead. Engraving by G. Vandergucht, 17--.
  • The uterus, after Swammerdam, De Graaf and Cheselden. Etching, 1743.
  • Half-human, half-monkey barbers shaving a goat. Etching by G. van der Gucht after J. Wootton.
  • John Allen. Line engraving by G. van der Gucht.
  • A bedchamber with a man about to be blinded: a fire blazes in a cauldron and a man holds his spear in the fire while another man is restrained. Etching by G. van der Gucht after H. Gravelot.
  • Fish, eels, shellfish and crustaceans (22 different varieties), lying dead on a table and in baskets. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack, 1750/1770.
  • Saint Luke, painting a picture of the Virgin. Engraving by G. van Gucht after P. de Jode.

Works from the collections

20 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Fish, eels, shellfish and crustaceans (22 different varieties), lying dead on a table and in baskets. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack, 1750/1770.

    Rysbrack, Pieter Andreas, 1690-1748. | Date: [1750/1770?] | Reference: 581047i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    An oval cartouche containing a dedication to Dr Richard Mead. Engraving by G. Vandergucht, 17--.

    Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776. | Date: 1 August 1781 | Reference: 571654i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Game animals, birds and waterfowl (23 varieties), lying dead on the ground beneath an oak tree, in a pastoral setting. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack (?), 1750/1770?.

    Rysbrack, Pieter Andreas, 1690-1748. | Date: [1750/1770?] | Reference: 581045i
    • Pictures

    King Charles I about to address his troops in Shrewsbury. Engraving by G. van Gucht after P. Tillemans.

    Tillemans, Peter, active 1724-1734. | Date: [1728] | Reference: 2889844i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Half-human, half-monkey barbers shaving a goat. Etching by G. van der Gucht after J. Wootton.

    Wootton, John, approximately 1682-1764. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 30313i

Frequent collaborators

William Cheselden
Robert James

Related topics

Human anatomy

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