Samuel Wale et al.

Illustrated History Books (1760-1820)

Drawings by Samuel Wale and others

For an account of this rather low-grade material, see Keynes (1999), pp. 303-11. Availability of volumes indicated by searching for them on English Short-Title Catalogue (online).

Samuel Wale (1721-86)

Small engravings (by Child or Parr) of drawings by Samuel Wale, first published in John Lockman, A New History of England, 6th ed. (London, 1746-7), including:
Coronation of King Alfred at Rome
Guy of Warwick overcomes Colbrand
Murder of Edward the Martyr
Canute and the waves
<RB vi.111-13 and 116-19>

The main series of illustrated histories (published in weekly parts)

Mort = Thomas Mortimer [1730-1810], A New History of England, 3 vols. (London: J. Wilson and J. Fell, 1764-6) <drawings, etc., in vols. I-II; only portraits in III>
BL 9505.h.5; CUL 7500.a.10-12 <ESTC common> <RB vi.56>

Mount = William Henry Mountague, A New and Universal History of England (London: J. Cooke, 1771)
BL 9502.h.2; not in CUL
<ESTC uncommon; copies in Boston Public Library 2410.25, and Harvard University Libraries Br 307.70F>

Syd = Temple Sydney, A New and Complete History of England (London: J. Cooke, 1773) in
BL <>; CUL <> <RB vi.50-2>

Russ = William Augustus Russel, A New and Authentic History of England (London: J. Cooke, 1777/1779)
BL 1864.a.9 and L.20.tt.12; CUL R.8.63 [with some plates inserted from a copy of Raymond] <ESTC uncommon>

Ray = George Frederick Raymond, A New, Universal, and Impartial History of England (London: C. Cooke, 1777/1790)
BL cup.1247.pp.2; not in CUL <ESTC uncommon>

Barn = Edward Barnard, A New Comprehensive and Complete History of England (London, 1783, etc.) <ill. by Hamilton and Edwards>
BL Cup.1247.cc.17; CUL S 540.a.78.2 <ESTC common>

Engravers: G = C. Grignion; Wh = White; Wa = Walker; T = Taylor; R = Rennoldson.

Roman and sub-Roman Britain

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Artist: Samuel Wale (1721-86)
Engraver:
Subject: Landing of Julius Caesar; The first descent of Julius Cæsar on the Coast of Britain
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [G]; Ray [G]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Ray)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Cassivellaunus and other British Princes sueing for Peace to Julius Cæsar
Published: Russel [Wh]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Russel)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Submission of the Britons to the Roman Emperor Claudius
Published: Syd [T]; Ray [T]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Ray)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Caractacus betrayed into the Hands of the Romans by Cartismandua; Caractacus the British Chief, basely Betrayed into the Hands of the Romans, by Cartismandua, Queen of the Brigantes
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [Wa]; Russel [T]; Ray [Wa]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Russel, Ray)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Murdering the Druids and Burning their Groves
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [Wa]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK

Early Anglo-Saxon England

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: The first meeting of the British King Vortigern with the two Saxon Chiefs Hengist and Horsa, in the Isle of Thanet
Published: Syd [Wa]; Ray [Wa]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Ray)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Title: 'St Austin preaching Christianity to King Ethelbert and Queen Bertha in the Isle of Thanet; a sketch'
Exhibited: Royal Academy 1769 (117); 1774 (309)
Engraver:
Subject: St Austin preaching to K. Ethelbert & Q. Bertha, in the Isle of Thanet; St Austin Preaching before K. Ethelbert & Q. Bertha; St Austin preaching under an Oak in the Isle of Thanet to the Saxon King Ethelbert and his Queen Bertha
Published: Mort [G]; Mount [G]; Syd [G]; Russ [Debroche]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Mort, Russ)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Publick Baptism of Edwin the first Christian King of Northumberland, by Paulinus of York
Published: Syd [W]; Ray [Wa]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Ray)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Berinus Converting the Saxons to Christianity
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [W]
Reproduced:
Collection:

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: The Monks of Bangor put to the sword by Order of Ethelfrid
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [G]
Reproduced:
Collection:

The ninth century

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: The Abbess of Coldingham Monastery & her Nuns cutting off their Noses & upper Lips to prevent being Ravished by the Danes
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [G]
Reproduced:
Collection:
Comment: Keynes (1999), p. 307 n. 382

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Alfred taking the Danish Standard; Odun, Earl of Devon, taking the Danish Reafin or Great Military Standard
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [T]; Russ [T]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Mount, Russ)
Comment: Keynes (1999), p. 307 n. 383

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Alfred, disguised in the character of a harper, viewing the Danish camp; King Alfred the Great, disguised as a Musician, viewing the Situation of the Enemy in the Danish Camp, previous to his defeating them on the borders of Hampshire
Published: Syd [G]; Ray [G]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Ray)
Comment: Keynes (1999), p. 308 n. 391

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Title: 'King Alfred making a code of laws, dividing the Kingdom into counties, and encouraging the Arts and Sciences; a stained drawing'
Exhibited: Royal Academy 1771 (208)
Engraver:
Subject: Alfred makes a Collection of Laws, and divides the Kingdom into Counties; Alfred the Great Making a Collection of Laws; Alfred the Great, forming a Code of Laws, and planning the Division of England into Counties; Alfred the Great, forming a Code of Laws, and Dividing the Kingdom into Counties, Tythings, Hundreds, &c.
Published: Mort [G]; Mount [G]; Syd [G]; Russ [Wh]; Ray [G]
Reproduced: Keynes (1999), pl. Xa (from Mortimer) <TCC photograph SDK>
Collection: SDK (Mort, Russ, Ray)
Comment: BM 1872-11-9-78 is a copy of the engraved plate from Raymond

The tenth century

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Athelstan saves his Fathers Life by taking Leofrid the Dane Prisoner; King Athelstan saving the Life of his Father, Edward the Elder, at the Battle of Sherwood, by taking Leofrid the Dane Prisoner
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [W]; Ray [Wa]
Reproduced: Humble, Saxon Kings (1980), p. 92
Collection: SDK (Ray)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Athelstan ordering the Bible to be translated into the Saxon Language:
Published: Russ [G]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Russ)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Edmund I Stabbed by Leolf the Robber; Edmund I, the Saxon King, Murder'd by Leolf the Robber; King Edmund the first Assassinated by Leolf the Robber, while celebrating the Feast of St Augustine in the Church of Puckle in Gloucestershire
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [G]; Russ [Wh]; Ray [G]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Mount, Russ, Ray)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: The Insolent Behaviour of Dunstan to K. Edwy on the Day of his Coronation; Dunstan dragging King Edwy from his Consort Queen Ethelgiva on his Coronation Day
Published: Mort [G]; Mount [G]; Syd [G]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Mort, Mount)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: King Edgar rowed down the River Dee by Eight Tributary Kings attended by his principal Nobility
Published: Russ [Wa]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Russ)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: King Edgar's first Interview with Queen Elfrida
Published: Syd [R]; Russ <'Engraved for Raymond's History of England'> [R]; Ray [R]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Ray)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: King Edward Stabb'd at the Gate of Corfe Castle by Order of his Mother; Edward the Martyr Stabb'd by Order of his Step Mother Elfrida; Edward the Martyr assassinated; King Edward the Martyr treacherously Assassinated at the Gate of Corfe Castle, by order of his Step-Mother Elfrida Elfrida:
Published: Mort [G]; Mount [G]; Syd [G]; Russ [Wh] ; Ray [G]
Reproduced: <CUL photograph SDK>
Collection: SDK (Mount, Russ, Ray)

The eleventh century

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: The Massacre of the Danes
Published: Mort [no attribution or inscription]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Mort)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Combat between Edmund Ironside and Canute the Great; Single Combat between King Edmund II and Canute the Great, on the Isle of Alney, in the presence of both their armies
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [G]; Russ (photo) [G]; Ray [G]
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Mount, Ray)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: Queen Emma's Chastity Tried by Ordeal Fire
Published: Mount [G]; Syd [W]
Reproduced:
Collection:

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Engraver:
Subject: The Landing of William the Conqueror
Published: Mort [no attribution]; Russ [Wh] <different engravers>
Reproduced:
Collection: SDK (Mort, Russ)

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Artist: Samuel Wale
Original: RA 1775: 'Several of the bishops, nobility, and principal citizens of London swearing allegiance to King William at Berkhamsted Abbey'
Engraver:
Subject: Some bishops & Eminent Citizens of London swearing fealty to William the Conqueror at Berkhamstead
Published: Mort [G]
Reproduced:
Collection:

Edward Edwards and William Hamilton

Barn = Edward Barnard, The New, Comprehensive, and Complete History of England (London, 1783) <Plates read: New, Complete & Authentic>

H= Hall; Hk = Hawkins; T = Thornton; N = Noble

Roman and sub-Roman Britain

Julius Cæsar, A Danish General, Egbert, Ethelwolf
Barn, opp. p. 12 [Ham/Grainger]

Julius Agricola, a Roman Governor in Britain under the Emperor Domitian, introducing the Roman Arts & Sciences into England, the Inhabitants of which are astonished & soon become fond of the Arts & manners of their cruel Invaders
Barn, opp. p. 24 [Ham/Goldar]

The Departure of the Emperor Adrian from Rome [É]
Barn, opp. p. 26 [Monnet/Walker]

The Assassination of Carausius [É]
Barn, opp. p. 26 [Ham/T]

The ninth century

Ethelbald, Ethelbert, Ethelred I, Alfred
Barn, opp. p. 41 [Ham/Hk]

King Alfred in disguise rebuked by the Neat Herd's Wife, for letting the Cakes burn which (she observed) he himself was so fond of
Barn (photo), opp. p. 42 [Ed/H]
Previously published in The Copper-Plate Magazine, 1776

Alfred the Great (during his Misfortunes occasioned by the Ravages of the Danes) Generously Dividing his Last Loaf with a Poor Pilgrim, who begged for something to satisfy his Hunger, at Athelney in Somersetshire
Barn (photo), opp. p. 42 [Ham/Hk]

The tenth and eleventh centuries

The English (during the reign of Edward the Elder) Defeating the Danish Army near Watchet, in Somersetshire; a Few only Escaping, by Swimming to their Ships
Barn (photo), opp. p. 43 [Ham/T]

Edward the Elder, Athelstan, Edmund I, Eadred
Barn, opp. p. 44 [Ham/Wooding]

Edwy, Edgar, Edward the Martyr, Ethelred II
Barn, opp. p. 45 [Ham/Goldar]

Edward the Martyr stabbed by order of his Step Mother Elfrida, at Corfe Castle in Dorsetshire
Barn (CUL photograph SDK), opp. p. 47 [Ed/H]
Previously published in The Copper-Plate Magazine, 1776

Swein, Olaus, Edmund II, Canute I
Barn, opp. p. 49 [Ham/Goldar]

Canute the Great, at the request of his Sycophants and Flatterers, ridiculously Commanding the Sea to retire
Barn (photo), opp. p. 50 [Ed/Hall]
Previously published in The Copper-Plate Magazine, 1777

A New Collection of English Coins from Egbert to Hardicanute, Accurately taken from the Originals
Barn, opp. p. 53 [Ham/Pollard]

Harold I, Cnut, II Edward the Confessor, Harold II
Barn, opp. p. 55

The renowned Battle of Hastings in Sussex, fought by Harold 2 and William, Duke of Normandy, wherein the former was killed , and the latter became Conqueror.
Barn (coll. SDK; photo), opp. p. 54 [Ham/N]

Also Spencer's New, Authentic, and Complete History of England (1794).

Others

Ashburton's History of England (1793), and Lyttleton's History of England (1803)

Chalmers (engr. Granmar), 'King Edgar laying aside his Crown on being reprimanded by Archbishop Dunstan for having seduced a nun' (1792)

Benezach (engr. A. W. Warren), 'Edward the Martyr expiring near a blind woman's house after having been stabbed by order of his step-mother Elfrida' (1792)

<Keynes (1999), p. 311. RB vi. 64-6, 100-2>
cf. Dunstan ordering Edgar to lay aside the crown: Humble, Saxon Kings (1980), pp. 118-19

Theo. Camden's Imperial History of England (1810-13)

Robert Smirke, 'Alfred in the Danish camp' (coll. SDK)
Robert Smirke, 'The Treachery of Elfrida'
Robert Smirke, 'The exposure of Prince Edwin' (coll. SDK)
Robert Smirke, 'Canute reproving the flattery of his courtiers'
Different from paintings for Bowyer's 'Historic Gallery' <RB vi.72-3>
<Keynes (1999), p. 311 and n. 412.>

Histoire d'Angleterre,
représentée par figures, accompagnées de discours
(Paris, 1784)

P.P.F. Le Tourneur / François-Anne David

10. Mort d'Arthur dernier roi Breton en 542 <Le Jeune / David>
11. La reine Ethelburge et le minstre Coify détruisent les idoles en 617 <Le Jeune / David>
12. Edwin sauvé du poignard d'un traitre, par un sujet genereux en 600 <Le Jeune / David>
13. Penda fait couper en morceau le corps d'Oswald en 642 <Mounet / David>
14. Brithric roi de Wessex et son favouri empoisoines par le reine Edburge en 800 <Le Jeune / David>
15. Ivar fait tuer le roi Edmond à coups de Flèches en 869 <Gois / David>
16. Alfred abandonné de ses sujets, s'engage au service de son vacher en 875 <Gois / David>
<Alfred in a farmyard; no burnt cakes> <BM P&D 1875-8-14-1736>
17. Edwy, arraché de bras de son epouse (en 955) <Le Jeune / David>
18. Edgar trompé par son favouri (en 965) <Le Jeune / David>
19. Dunstan sacre Edouard (en 975) <Gois / David>
20. Mort tragique d'Edouard (en 979) <Le Jeune / David>
21. Massacre des Danois (en 1002) <Le Jeune / David>
22. Edmond cru mort au milieu du combat (en 1016) <Le Jeune / David>
23. Surprise de Canut en voyant son camp vuide (en 1020) <Le Jeune / David>
24. Canut au bord de la mer (en 1035) <Le Jeune / David>
25. Worcester brulé par son roi (en 1040) <Le Jeune / David>
26. Serment de Harold de renoncer a la couronne d'Angleterre (en 1056) <Le Jeune / David>
27. Harold saisit la couronne (en Janvier 1066) <Le Jeune / David>
28. Guillaume montre l'Angleterre a son armée & leur en promet la conquete (en 1066) <Le Jeune / David>
29. Procession de St Valery (en 1066) <Le Jeune / David>
30. Chute de Guillaume (en 1066) <Le Jeune / David>
31. Députation de moines redemandant la couronne a Harold (en 1066) <Le Jeune / David>
32. Guillaume rend le corps de Harold sans rançon a sa mere (en 15 Oct. 1066) <Binet / David>
33. Waltheof trahi par sa femme Judith (en 1074)
etc.

<Keynes (1999), p. 312 n. 413. RB vi.175&endash;81.>

Illustrations from books not yet identified

*R. E. Pine (engr. F. Holl), 'Canute reproving his Courtiers' (publ. Peter Jackson. London)

*Woodruff (engr. Tomlinson), 'Canute reproving the servile flattery of his Courtiers' <cf. Lyttleton (1803), in RB vi.66>

*W. M. Craig (engr. T. Wal[É]), 'Alfred playing before the Danish chief' (from a History of England publ. by C. Brightly and T. Kinnersley, Bungay, June ?1806

*J. M. Wright, 'Alfred before the Danish general' (publ. James S. Virtue, London)

From a (?mid- or late-nineteenth-century) book published by J. & F. Tallis, London & Glasgow, containing coloured engravings of history paintings, set within decorated borders (with vignettes of other scenes)

*B. West (engr. J. Rogers), 'Alfred dividing the loaf'

*R. Smirke (engr. G. Finden), 'Treachery of Elfrida'

From something similar, published by the London Printing and Publishing Company

*F. Wheatley (engr. J. Rogers), 'Alfred in the Neatherd's Cottage' <not coloured>