The Captive after Joseph Wright by Thomas Ryder

Thomas Ryder (1746–1810), engraver, was a pupil of

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, and during his apprenticeship established drawings with the Society of Artists in 1766 and 1767. He was also one of the first students in the schools of the

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Works

Ryder engraved a few plates in the line manner, of which the most important are "The Politician" (a portrait of

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), after S. Elmer, 1782; and "Vortigern and Rowena", after A. Kauffman, 1802; but he is best known by his works in

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, which are among the finest of their class. These include "The Last Supper", after

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; "The Murder of James I of Scotland", after Opie; "Prudence and Beauty", after A. Kauffman; nine of the plates to the large edition of Boydell's "Shakspeare"; and others from designs by Bigg, Bunbury, Cipriani, Cosway, Ryley, and Shelley. Ryder also engraved portraits of Mrs. Damer, after Kauffman; Henry Bunbury, after

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; Sir

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, M.D., after Abbot; and

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, after Westall. His plates are usually printed in brown ink and occasionally in colours. He had a son of the same Christian name who was also an engraver, and together they executed the whole-length portrait of

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, after Beechey, prefixed to the second volume of Boydell's ‘Shakspeare.’

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