James Caldwall, (1739–1822) was an English draughtsman and engraver.
Life
Caldwall was born in London in 1739,[1] and studied under John Keyse Sherwin. He is known mainly for his portraits, although he also engraved genre and military subjects. He employed a technique which combined both engraving and etching. Between 1768 and 1780 he exhibited 29 works at the Free Society of Artists and one at the Society of Artists. He died in 1822.[2]
His brother, John Caldwall, who died in 1819, was a miniature painter who worked in Scotland.[1]
Mrs. Siddons and her Son, in the character of Isabella; after William Hamilton. 1783
Other subjects
The Immortality of Garrick; after Carter, the figures engraved by Caldwall, and the landscape by S. Smith. 1783
The Fete Champêtre given by the Earl of Derby at the Oaks; after R. Adams, engraved by Caldwall and Charles Grignion
The Camp at Coxheath; after William Hamilton. 1778
References
^ a b cBryan 1886
^"James Caldwall (1739-1822), Engraver". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Caldwall, James". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.