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William Skelton

English engraver (1763-1848)

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  • Frequent collaborators
  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images by William Skelton

41 images from works
  • An arm with a vaccine pustule. Coloured etching by W. Skelton after himself.
  • An Indian snake, Bodroo Pam. Coloured engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Bodroo Pam. Engraving by Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • A comparison between cowpox and smallpox pustules from the 3rd to 20th day of each disease. Coloured etching by W. Skelton after W. Cuff, ca. 1800.
  • The plain of Troy. Engraving by W. Skelton.
  • An Indian snake: Pedda Poda. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • Invitation to a dinner of the Guardians of the Asylum for Female Orphans: with a scene of a soldier falling in battle, and a widow and daughters. Engraving by W. Skelton, 1822, after T. Stothard.
  • An Indian snake: Jeri Potoo. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • An Indian snake: Katla Tutta. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
  • The head and expanded neck of Nagoo, an Indian snake. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.
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Works from the collections

43 works

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    • Online

    An Indian snake, Bodroo Pam. Coloured engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

    | Date: [1796] | Reference: 42585i
    • Pictures
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    The plain of Troy. Engraving by W. Skelton.

    | Date: [1824?] | Reference: 2143637i
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    Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.

    Charles James | Date: 1798 | Reference: 42995i
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    Hippocrates. Line engraving by W. Skelton, 1839.

    | Date: 1839 | Reference: 4233i
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    An Indian snake: Pedda Poda. Engraving by W. Skelton, ca. 1796.

    | Date: [1796] | Reference: 42571i
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Frequent collaborators

Patrick Russell
Cuff, William.
Pearce, Edward, active approximately 1798
Charles Reuben Ryley

Related topics

Snakes
Vaccination
Smallpox
Arm

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