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Isaac Taylor

British painter (1759–1829)

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Images from the collections

Images by Isaac Taylor

4 images from works
  • Tunbridge Wells, Kent: view of the parade. Engraving by I. Taylor.
  • Aaron staying the plague. I. Taylor after I. Taylor junior, 1815.
  • The stairs at York Buildings, the Strand; in the background are the tower of the waterworks and Westminster Bridge. Engraving by I. Taylor, c.1780.
  • A widow with her maid Betty consults a fortune-teller in the hope that he will predict whether she will marry again, and how many times. Etching by I. Taylor, 1785, after R. Corbould.

Works from the collections

13 works

    • Books
    • Online

    Scenes of commerce, by land and sea, or, "Where does it come from?" answered / upon a plan arranged by the Rev. Isaac Taylor.

    Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829. | Date: 1839
    • Pictures

    An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: [1795] | Reference: 3162264i
    • Pictures

    Day dawns at the cave of Belarius: Guiderius and Arviragus follow him out into the daylight; representing morning. Engraving by I. Taylor jr after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: Dec.r 20 1782 | Reference: 2913420i
    • Pictures

    Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth night sits by a ruined monastery thinking about her concealed love for Duke Orsino; representing evening. Engraving by I. Taylor jr after R. Smirke.

    Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845. | Date: Dec.r 20 1782 | Reference: 2913422i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The stairs at York Buildings, the Strand; in the background are the tower of the waterworks and Westminster Bridge. Engraving by I. Taylor, c.1780.

    | Reference: 37639i
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