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Thomas Macklin

British, 1752/53–1800
BiographyThomas Macklin (1752/3 – 1800) was a British 18th-century printseller and picture dealer.
Macklin is most famous for his Poet's Gallery, a project he announced on 1 January 1787. He planned to commission 100 paintings illustrating famous English poems, which he would publish monthly as engravings between 1790 and 1795.

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