British wood engraver; active in London, Leipzig and Paris; born c. 1800

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Specimen of stereotype ornaments, 1825 / Matthew Urlwin Sears ; with an introduction by James Mosley.

A gentleman is about to be beheaded. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears.

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

The German spa, Brighton: pump room and surrounding grounds. Aquatint by M.U. Sears after himself.

Abraham Cowley's house in Chertsey. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears.

The scrap-book of literary varieties ... / Embellished with seventy-three engravings by M.U. Sears. (N.S., Vol. I).

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Matthew Urlwin Sears

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Images by Matthew Urlwin Sears

Works from the collections

A fallow deer, perch and four wading or water birds. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears, 18--.

A gentleman is about to be beheaded. Wood engraving by M. U. Sears.

The German spa, Brighton: pump room and surrounding grounds. Aquatint by M.U. Sears after himself.

Specimen of stereotype ornaments, 1825 / Matthew Urlwin Sears ; with an introduction by James Mosley.

The scrap-book of literary varieties ... / Embellished with seventy-three engravings by M.U. Sears. (N.S., Vol. I).