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Orlando Jewitt

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Orlando Jewitt
Orlando Jewitt
Born
Thomas Orlando Sheldon Jewitt

1799
Died30 May 1869 (aged 70)
NationalityBritish
Known forWood-engraver
Schizanthus pinnatus from Joseph Harrison's "The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine"

Thomas Orlando Sheldon Jewitt (1799 – 30 May 1869) was a British architectural wood-engraver.[1]

Biography

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Thomas Orlando Sheldon Jewitt was born in Buxton, Derbyshire, the son of Arthur Jewitt and brother of Llewellyn Jewitt.[2]

Before the introduction of photographic processes in the late nineteenth century, wood-engraving was the standard method of book illustration.[3] Jewitt's illustrations were widely used between 1820 and 1870.[4] Many of his prints are still reproduced in modern works and are frequently to be found in reference works covering architecture, archaeology, typography and natural history. He produced numerous prints used for seals and bookplates.

At time of the 1841 census, Jewitt was living at Church House, St Andrew's Road, Headington; besides him, his wife Phoebe and three children, the census returns also record his brother, George Jewitt, a letter-press printer, and his apprentice, Edward Bower, at the same address.[5] He was considered as one of the ten men suitable to serve as parish constable of Headington in 1844 and 1845.[6] In 1855 Jewitt was Churchwarden of St Andrew's Church, but later that year made a sudden decision to relocated to London.[7]

Jewitt died on Sunday 30 May 1869 in Camden Square, London, and was buried in Paddington Old Cemetery.[8] His wife died on 11 March 1883.

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St Andrew's Church, Headington (1842)
The Library from Exeter College Garden, Oxford (1837)
Engraving of Vertigo substriata from 1863 The land and freshwater mollusks indigenous to, or naturalized in, the British Isles

Books illustrated

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Bibliography

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  • Broomhead, Frank. The Book Illustrations of Orlando Jewitt. Pinner, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1995 ISBN 0-900002-36-0
  • Orlando Jewitt:Wood Engraver (Harry Carter, Oxford University Press 1962)[10]

References

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  1. ^ Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ^ "DSI - datatabase of scientific illustrators 1450-1950". dsi.hi.uni-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ McCalman, Iain (1999). An Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-924543-7.
  4. ^ www.bibliopolis.com. "THE BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORLANDO JEWITT by Frank Broomhead on Oak Knoll". Oak Knoll. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. ^ History of Headington, Oxford
  6. ^ "Orlando Jewitt and his family in Headington". www.headington.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Orlando Jewitt and his family in Headington". www.headington.org.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Jowett Variations One Name Study: Orlando Jewitt". www.jowitt1.org.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ^ Jowett Variations One Name Study: Orlando Jewitt
  10. ^ Antiquarian Books :: ILAB-LILA :: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers