James Neagle (1760?–1822) was a British engraver. Very largely a
line engraver of book illustrations, he was prolific of designs by
Thomas Stothard
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His son, Robert T. Stothard was a painter (floruit, fl. 1810): he painted the proclamation outside York Minster of Queen Victoria's accession to ...
,
Robert Smirke,
Henry Fuseli
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Many of his successful works depict supernatural experiences, such as '' The Nightmare''. He pr ...
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* Gavin Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews) (died 1571), archbishop of St Andrews
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,
Henry Singleton,
Richard Cook, and other popular artists.
Life
Neagle went to the
Royal Academy Schools
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in 1786. He had many commissions from the publishing firm of Cadell & Davies.
In 1801, in a civil action brought by
Jean Marie Delattre the engraver against
John Singleton Copley
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, over a plate, Neagle was a witness for the plaintiff. Towards the end of his life (after 1816) he emigrated to America, where he died not long afterwards in 1822.
Works
Neagle's work included plates for:
*
John Boydell
John Boydell ( ; – 12 December 1804) was an English publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated an English tradition in the art form. A former ...
's and other editions of Shakespeare, including plates after
Francis Wheatley;
* John Sharpe's and
Charles Cooke's series of English ''Classics'';
*
Edward Forster's ''
Arabian Nights
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'', 1802;
* ''
Gil Blas'', 1809, translated by
Benjamin Heath Malkin;
* ''Ancient Terra-Cottas in the British Museum'', 1810, by
Taylor Combe;
and
*
James Cavanah Murphy's ''Arabian Antiquities of Spain'', 1816.
A major work was ''The Royal Procession in St. Paul's on St. George's Day, 1789'', from a drawing by
Edward Dayes.
Family
Neagle had a son, John B. Neagle (died 1866), who practised as an engraver in
Philadelphia
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.
Notes
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1760s births
1822 deaths
British engravers