George Wilmot Bonner

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George Wilmot Bonner (also: George Bonner and George William Bonnar * 24. May 1796 in Devizes , † 3. June 1836 in London ) was an English wood engraver , illustrator and artwork - artists .

Life

Interior view of the former St. Thomas Chapel on the Bridge in the City of London ;
by W. Hughes with GW Bonner, around 1827
The previous building of today's St. Clemens Basilica in Hanover on the moat of the former city ​​fortifications of Hanover ;
Wood engraving by Bonner, circa 1830s

Raised in the English city of Bath , George William Bonner trained as a wood cutter in London with Allen Robert Branston and James Henry Vizetelly . In addition to his development as a draftsman and engraver, he particularly succeeded in reviving the art of finely graduated tints for his prints by using different printing plates.

Among Bonner's students were William James Linton (1812-1897), William Henry Powis and Henry Vizetelly .

Works (selection)

  • Together with John Byfield Gravuren for The Dance of Death , ed. by Francis Douce, 1833
  • Illustrations for Hans Holbein the Younger Imagines Mortis (based on the 1547 edition from Lyon)
  • Some of Bonner's woodcuts appeared in The British Cyclopædia of Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Geography, Law and Politics, Natural History and Biography .

See also

literature

  • Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Bonnar, George William , in: Dictionary of National Biography 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1886
  • RK Engen: Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers , 1985
  • Susanne Avery-Quash: Bonner, George Wilmot (1796–1836) , in: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , 1st edition, 2004

Web links

Commons : George Wilmot Bonner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Robert Edmund Graves: Bonnar, George William , in: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 , Volume 05, London: Smith, Elder & Co .; Transcription in the English language Wikisource
  3. ↑ NN : BONNER, George Wilmot (1796 - 1836), Engraver (wood) on oxfordindex.oup.com , last accessed on June 13, 2016
  4. ↑ Wood Engravings in Art lost and found / Engravers and Illustrators on the University Libraries page of the University of North Texas , last accessed June 13, 2016
  5. ↑ Compare the information from the British Museum
personal data
SURNAME Bonner, George Wilmot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bonner, George; Bonner, GW; Bonnar, George William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English wood engraver and illustrator as well as artwork artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Devizes , England
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1836
Place of death London