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George Noble (engraver)

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English line-engraver

George Noble (fl. 1795–1806) was an English line-engraver. The son of Edward Noble, author of Elements of Linear Perspective, he was brother to Samuel Noble and William Bonneau Noble.

Works

Noble made engravings for John Boydell's edition of Shakespeare (1802):

Death of Cleopatra by George Noble, after Henry Tresham

He engraved also the subjects for Robert Bowyer's edition of David Hume's The History of England, 1806:

  • "Canute reproving his Courtiers", "Henry VIII and Catharine Parr", "Charles I imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle", "Lord William Russell's last Interview with his Family", and "The Bishops before the Privy Council", after Robert Smirke;
  • "William I receiving the Crown of England", after Benjamin West; and
  • "The Landing of William III at Torbay", after Thomas Stothard.

Noble's works included also:

Notes

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Noble, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainLee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Noble, George". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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