Thomas Cecil (

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1626 – 1640) was an English engraver who worked entirely with the graver, and whose work flourished about 1630.

Works

Portrait of Archibald Armstrong Archee the kinges lester by Thomas Cecil

His engravings are finely executed, among them the first edition of

Thomas Heywood Thomas Heywood (early 1570s – 16 August 1641) was an English playwright, actor, and author. His main contributions were to late Elizabethan and early Jacobean theatre. He is best known for his masterpiece ''A Woman Killed with Kindness'', a ...

's 1635 ''Hierarchie of the Bleesed Angels'' and ''Thomas Kedermister of Langley,'' dated 1628. He was working in London from 1627 to 1635. The portrait of Henry VIII prefixed to some copies of the first edition of

Lord Herbert of Cherbury Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (or Chirbury) KB (3 March 1583 – 5 August 1648) was an English soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher. He studied multiple languages and disciplines at University College, ...

's ''History of Henry'' is by Cecil. His portraits are often from his own drawings.

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* English engravers {{UK-printmaker-stub