Lumb Stocks (29 November 1812 – 28 April 1892) was a British engraver. In a long career he produced engravings from paintings by notable artists of the day.

Early life

Lumb Stocks was born at Gawbert Hall,

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, near

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, the third of five children of William Stocks, a coalmine-owner, and wife Mary ''née'' Lumb. He was educated at Horton House School, Horton, near

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, and while there he received instruction in drawing from Charles Cope, father of the painter and engraver

Charles West Cope Charles West Cope (28 July 1811– 21 August 1890) was an English, Victorian era painter of genre and history scenes, and an etcher. He was responsible for painting several frescos in the House of Lords in London. Life and work Early lif ...

. Aged fifteen he moved to London and was apprenticed for six years to the line engraver

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. In 1832 he exhibited at the

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a ''Portrait of a Young Artist''. His apprenticeship ended in 1833.

Early career

Stocks engraved plates for the

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s then in vogue, among which were "The Lace Maker" and "Going to Service", after James Inskipp, for the ''Amulet'' of 1835. He engraved for

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's ''Royal Gallery of British Art'' (1838–1840) the plates of "The Procession to the Christening", after

Penry Williams Penry Williams (5 September 1866 – 26 June 1945) was a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician in England, born in Middlesbrough, a son of Edward Williams, a Cleveland ironmaster, and brother of Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Me ...

, "Preparing Moses for the Fair", from ''

The Vicar of Wakefield ''The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, Supposed to Be Written by Himself'' is a 1766 novel by Anglo-Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774). It was written from 1761 to 1762 and published in 1766. It was one of the most popular and widely read 18 ...

'', after

Daniel Maclise Daniel Maclise (25 January 180625 April 1870) was an Irish history painter, literary and portrait painter, and illustrator, who worked for most of his life in London, England. Early life Maclise was born in Cork, Ireland (then part of the ...

, and "Nell Gwyn", after

Charles Landseer Charles Landseer (12 August 1799 – 22 July 1879) was an English painter, mostly of historical subjects. Life He was born in London on 12 August 1799, the second son of the engraver John Landseer, and the elder brother of the animal painter ...

. He produced "Raffaelle and the Fornarina" (1842), after Sir

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, engraved for the

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; and three plates – "The Glee Maiden" and "Ruth", after

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, and "The Parable of the Ten Virgins", after

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– engraved for the Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland. At about this time he produced "The Dame School" and "The Rubber", after Thomas Webster, and "Bedtime", after

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, and several plates for ''

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'' from pictures in the

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and

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, which included "Cupid and Psyche", after

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, "Uncle Toby and the Widow", after

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, and "St Luke painting the Virgin", after

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Royal Academy and later career

In 1853, Stocks was elected an associate engraver of the

, and in 1855 became an associate engraver of the new class, which rendered him eligible for the higher rank of academician, to which he was elected in 1871. About 1859, he engraved for the Art Union of Glasgow "Many Happy Returns of the Day", after Frith, which was followed by a series of plates illustrating "The Dowie Dens of Yarrow", after Sir

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, and later by "The Gentle Shepherd", after David Wilkie, and "O Nannie, wilt thou gang wi' me?" after Thomas Faed, for the Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland. In 1865, he engraved for the Art Union of London "Claude Duval," after Frith. In February 1866, it commissioned him to engrave ''

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'', the mural by

measuring by in the Royal Gallery of the House of Lords. Also for the Art Union of London he engraved "Dr. Johnson waiting for an Audience of Lord Chesterfield", after Edward Matthew Ward; and "Stolen by Gipsies: the Rescue", after

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, which had been left unfinished by Charles Henry Jeens. Among other and later works by Stocks were "Charlotte Corday in the Conciergerie" and "Marie Antoinette listening to the Act of Accusation the day before her Trial", after E. M. Ward; "Detected", by

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; "The Fight Interrupted", after

William Mulready William Mulready (1 April 1786 – 7 July 1863) was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticising depictions of rural scenes, and for creating Mulready stationery letter sheets, issued at the same time as the ...

; "The Odalisque" and "The Sister's Kiss", after Sir

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; "The Silken Gown", after Thomas Faed; "Olivia and Viola", from "Twelfth Night", after Sir Joseph Noel Paton; "A Souvenir of Velasquez" and "The Princes in the Tower", after Sir

John Everett Millais Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet ( , ; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator who was one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He was a child prodigy who, aged eleven, became the youngest s ...

; and "A Spanish Letter Writer", after John Bagnold Burgess. Family grave of Lumb Stocks in Highgate Cemetery

Personal life

In 1839, he married Ellen Fryer (1813–1898), the eldest daughter of William Fryer, of the firm of Messrs. J. & W. Fryer, Manufacturers, of Eastrick and New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, and they lived initially in

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. They had eight sons and a daughter. Their second son

Walter Fryer Stocks Walter Fryer Stocks (1842–1915) was an English artist. Life Walter Fryer Stocks was the second son of nine children (eight sons and a daughter) of the engraver Lumb Stocks (1812–1892) and Ellen Fryer (1813–1898). Walter's younger brother ...

(1842–1915), and their third son Arthur Stocks (1846–1889), were both painters whose works were exhibited at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. A son of Walter Fryer Stocks was

Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks Harold Carpenter Lumb Stocks (21 October 1884 – 1956) was an English cathedral organist, who served in St Asaph Cathedral. Background Stocks was born in Essendon, Hertfordshire. He was the son of Marian Stocks and Walter Fryer Stocks, an ...

, a cathedral organist and composer. Stocks died on 28 April 1892, at his home in

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, where he had lived since 1845, and was buried in the west side of

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(grave no.28581) with his son Arthur who had predeceased him. In the same family grave were later buried his wife Ellen, and sons Charles and Bernard, also an engraver. Nearby is the shared grave of Walter Fryer Stocks and his wife Marian.

Gallery

-Lumb Stocks- MET DP-386-315.jpg, Lumb Stocks, 1860s A scene from L. Sterne's "Tristram Shandy"; a man looks into Wellcome V0015886.jpg, ''Uncle Toby and the Widow'', a scene from Laurence Sterne's ''

Tristram Shandy Tristram may refer to: Literature * the title character of ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'', a novel by Laurence Sterne * the title character of '' Tristram of Lyonesse'', an epic poem by Algernon Charles Swinburne *"Tristr ...

'', after C. R. Leslie A man has separated two boys who were fighting in the playgr Wellcome V0039281.jpg, ''The Fight Interrupted'' after

A Spanish letter writer.jpg, ''A Spanish Letter Writer'' after

; printed by McQueen for the

in 1888 Mother & child at bedtime) - painted by W.P. Frith, R.A. ; etched by Lumb Stocks, A.R.A LCCN2012648910.jpg, ''Mother & child at bedtime'' after

W P Frith William Powell Frith (9 January 1819 – 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting ''The Slee ...

, R.A. Christening procession) - painted by Penry Williams ; engraved by L. Stocks LCCN2012648909.jpg, ''The Christening Procession'' after

Preparing Moses for the fair. A scene from the Vicar of Wakefield - painted by D. Maclise, R.A. ; engraved by L. Stocks, 1841. LCCN2012648908.jpg, ''Preparing Moses for the fair''. A scene from the Vicar of Wakefield after

, R.A. Nell Gwynne - painted by Chas. Landseer, R.A. ; engraved by Lumb Stocks. LCCN2012648907.jpg, ''

Nell Gwynne Eleanor Gwyn (also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne; 2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687) was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on t ...

'' after

, R.A. George Wilson. Engraving by L. Stocks, 1866. Wellcome V0006306.jpg, Portrait of the Scottish chemist

George Wilson George Wilson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * George Balch Wilson (1927–2021), American composer, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan * George Washington Wilson (1823–1893), Scottish photographer * George Christopher (ac ...

Grave of Walter Fryer Stocks in Highgate Cemetery.jpg, Grave of Walter Fryer Stocks in

(west side)

References

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* * Engraving of by Edmund Thomas Parris for The Keepsake annual, 1837, with a poetical illustration by

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Landon's writings are emblematic of the transition from Romanticism to Victorian literature. Her first major b ...

* Engraving of by Frederick Nash for the Forget Me Not annual, 1839, with illustrative verse by

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