Thomas Cockson, or ''Coxon'' (bap. 1569
–
fl.
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1609-30 or 1636
– 1641
), was one of the earliest English engravers. He left a large number of portraits engraved entirely with the
graver in a neatly and finished manner.
His first and most recognizable work is one for
John Harington's version of
Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto (, ; ; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic '' Orlando Furioso'' (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's ''Orlando Innamorato'', describ ...
's ''
Orlando Furioso
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'' and his latest, one depicting musketeers and pike men, which depicts on either side the coats of arms of various captains of the time.
Engravings
Among his works are
James I James I may refer to:
People
*James I of Aragon (1208–1276)
* James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327)
* James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu
* James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347)
*James I of Cyprus (1334†...
, sitting in parliament,
, daughter of James I,
Charles I Charles I may refer to:
Kings and emperors
* Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings
* Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily
* Charles I of ...
sitting in parliament,
, Earl of Nottingham, on horseback,
George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, on horseback,
Louis XIII
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...
,
Marie de Médicis
Marie de' Medici (; ; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV. Marie served as regent of France between 1610 and 1617 during the minority of her son Louis XIII. Her mandate as regent l ...
,
Mathias I
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, Emperor of Germany,
Demetrius
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, Emperor of Russia,
, Marquis d'Ancre (1617),
Henri Bourbon, Prince de Condé,
, Dean of Carlisle (1624),
Samuel Daniel
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, the Court Poet (1609),
John Taylor
John Taylor, Johnny Taylor or similar is the name of:
Academics
*John Taylor (Oxford), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1486–1487
* John Taylor (classical scholar) (1704–1766), English classical scholar
*John Taylor (English publisher) ...
, the Water Poet (title-page to his poems, 1630),
Thomas Coryat
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,
and many others.
He also engraved the frontispiece to John Harington's translation of Ariosto's ''Orlando Furioso'' in 1591, a plate called ''
The Revells of Christendome'' of 1609, which is a satirical print representing James I, Henry IV of France, Prince Maurice (Stadholder), and Christian IV of Denmark playing cards and backgammon against the Pope and his ecclesiastical brethren,
some sea pieces with shipping, and in 1636 a large folding plate with explanatory letterpress of various postures for musketeers and pike men, invented by a certain Lieutenant Clarke.
Thomas Cockson often signed his prints with his initials interlaced; hence it is difficult to distinguish them from those of
Thomas Cross or
Thomas Cecil
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter (5 May 1542 – 8 February 1623), known as Lord Burghley from 1598 to 1605, was an English politician, courtier and soldier.
Family
Thomas Cecil was the elder son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, by hi ...
(1630), who each used a similar monogram.
See also
*
Intaglio
*
Old master print
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References
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English engravers
1560s births
1630s deaths