Joseph Crawhall II

Joseph Crawhall II (1821–1896) was born at West House, Newcastle. He was a ropemaker, author, and watercolour painter.

Life

Crawhall, like his father (also Joseph), a Newcastle ropemaker, was interested in writing and watercolour painting. He went on to produce many books, illustrated by himself. His first (printed by himself in 1859) was entitled ''The Compleatest Angling Booke That Ever was Writ''. The second edition (printed in 1881) contained illustrations from his son, Joseph Crawhall and James Guthrie (1859–1930).

Crawhall was a friend of Charles Keene (1823–1891), illustrator of ''Punch'', and they worked together for over 200 drawings for the journal. There are 21 albums of these drawings in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

Joseph Crawhall II was a man of many talents. As well as a wood engraver and writer, he was a businessman, patron of the arts, campaigner for the preservation of architecture, collaborator of Charles Keene, book designer, collector of antiquities, and keen angler, as well as becoming secretary of the Newcastle Arts Association in 1880. Fully absorbed in the life of a thriving and productive city, he made a significant contribution to Newcastle in every area of interest that he pursued.

In his role as a collector of antiquities he published '' A Beuk o’ Newcassell Sangs Collected by Joseph Crawhall'' in 1888. It too was a pictorial book, giving in this case, the lyrics of the songs, in many cases the actual music, and all beautifully illustrated using his woodcuts.

Crawhall's ''A pictorial archive of quaint cuts in the chap book style'' was published by Dover Press (now long out of print) is a collection of woodcuts.

Family

His grandfather Thomas had married his grandmother Ann (née Bownas) at Allendale in 1771. They lived at Allendale, where Thomas was chief agent for Beaumonts lead mines, and there they raised twelve children.

His father, Joseph I (1793–1853) was an artist as well as a respected Newcastle business man, and an artist.
His brother George Edward and sister Mary also showed artistic talent.
Another sister Jane Anne was the mother of Abel Chapman, the naturalist writer and artist.

He was the father of Joseph Crawhall III.

See also

Geordie dialect words

A Beuk o’ Newcassell Sangs Collected by Joseph Crawhall 1888

References

External links

A Beuk o’ Newcassell Sangs

Pictorial Archive of Quaint Cuts in the Chap Book Style



Joseph Crawhall II Society
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1821 births
1896 deaths
Writers from Newcastle upon Tyne
Artists from Newcastle upon Tyne
English illustrators
English non-fiction writers
Angling writers
19th-century British artists
19th-century English non-fiction writers
Geordie songwriters
English male non-fiction writers
19th-century English musicians
19th-century English male writers