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James Basire

British engraver (1730-1802)

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Images from the collections

Images by James Basire

26 images from works
  • A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano.
  • Saint Joan of Arc: a fountain erected on the site of her execution. Engraving by J. Basire, 1786.
  • A man from Tierra del Fuego encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • A monument to Lady Margaret Legh who is holding a babe to her chest. Etching by JB, 1794, after a tomb sculpture, 1603.
  • St Margaret's Westminster: the east window. Engraving by J. Basire, 1768.
  • A green winged dove from the East Indies sitting on a tree stump. Coloured etching by J. Basire.
  • A woman from the island of Tanna, with her baby, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • James Cook. Line engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Adder's tongue (Ophioglossum vulgatum L.): fertile stem with description of the plant and its medicinal uses. Coloured line engraving by J. Basire, the younger, c. 1759, after T. Sheldrake.
  • A man from Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.
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Works from the collections

42 works

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    Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the north west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

    James Stuart | Date: 1762 | Reference: 2189090i
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    Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

    James Stuart | Date: 1762 | Reference: 2189092i
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    Cast of sculpture on the choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens: a man with the head of a fish, swimming. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

    James Stuart | Date: 1762 | Reference: 2189094i
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    A man from Prince William Sound, Alaska, head and shoulders; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by J. Basire, 1784, after J. Webber.

    John Webber | Date: [1784] | Reference: 566684i
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    The counter seal of Saint Bartholomew's Church, London, showing the church in a ship. Engraving by J. Basire after J. Carter, 23 April 1784.

    John Carter | Date: 23 April 1784 | Reference: 571778i
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Frequent collaborators

James Stuart
Nicholas Revett
William Hodges
John Carter

Related topics

Athens
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates (Athens, Greece)
James Cook
Tower of the Winds (Athens, Greece)
Winds

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