Isaac Taylor, Jr.
Isaac Taylor, Jr.
British, 1759–1829
Birth placeLondon, England
Biographyhttp://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/aanda/art-pre20/boydellbios.html#taylorIsaac Taylor (II) was a London engraver, who first worked in the studio of his father, an engraver and bookseller of the same name. There he worked on plates for Rees's Cyclopaedia and engraved a set of prints after works he had commissioned from Richard Smirke (1781). He exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1777 to 1790. Taylor painted and engraved a set views near the Thames River, worked on John Boydell's Shakspeare and illustrated other publications. He also produced a series of instructional books for children. Taylor moved to Colchester as a nonconformist minister in 1796 and moved to Ongar in 1810.
Person TypePerson
Italian, c. 1470/82–1527/34
English, born Saxony, 1764–1834
