John Dunstall

John Dunstall
Died 1693
Nationality English
Occupation Engraver
Years active 1644–1675

John Dunstall (fl. 1644–1675; died 1693) was an English engraver and teacher. [1]

Life

He lived in Blackfriars, London, where he published drawing books on natural history and other educational subjects.[1] (According to some accounts he lived in the Strand.)

He engraved portraits for frontispieces of books, including portraits of Charles I, Charles II, William III,[2] Queen Mary II,[3] Rev. John Carter (Minister of Bramford, 1644),[4] James Ussher (1656),[5] and Rev. Samuel Clarke (1675).[6] [1]

He also engraved views of Basing House, Clarendon House,[7] London's Custom House,[8] and St Marie Ouers in Southwark (Southwark Cathedral).[9] His works are etched and sometimes finished with the burin in the style of Wenceslaus Hollar. A few of his works are drawings, including a view of the Bethlehem Hospital. The British Museum holds many of his works.[1][10]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cust 1888, p. 221.
  2. ↑ British Museum object description Portrait of King William III, registration number Y,1.6.
  3. ↑ British Museum object description Portrait of Mary II, registration number 2006,U.717.
  4. ↑ British Museum object description Mr John Carter. Magister Johannes..., registration number P,1.147.
  5. ↑ British Museum object description Dr James Usher, registration number 1870,0514.328.
  6. ↑ British Museum object description Portrait of Samuel Clarke, ..., registration number 1868,0328.786.
  7. ↑ British Museum object description Clarendon House at St James's, registration number 1978,U.3552.
  8. ↑ British Museum object description The Custom House, registration number 1947,0730.1.
  9. ↑ British Museum object description St Marie Ouers in Southwark, registration number 1880,1113.5271.
  10. ↑ British Museum search for John Dunstall

References

Attribution
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cust, Lionel Henry (1888). "Dunstall, John". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography. 16. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 222. This entry cites the following works:
    • Huber et Roost's Manuel des Curieux et des Amateurs de l'Art, volume ix
    • Lowndes's Bibl. Man
    • Catalogue of the Sutherland Collection
    • Redgrave's Dictionary of Artists
  • Griffiths, Antony (January 2008) [2004]. "Dunstall, John (d. 1693)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8287.
  • Michael Hunter (2010). Printed Images in Early Modern Britain: Essays in Interpretation. Ashgate Publishing. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-7546-6654-7.

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