RA Collection: People and Organisations
Landscape engraver / etcher. Studied in Birmingham and London; worked in London. Advocated the inclusion of engravers in the Royal Academy. Brother of engraver Charles Pye (1777-1864); married (1808) Mary Middiman, daughter of engraver Samuel Middiman.
Born: 7 November 1782 in Birmingham
Died: 6 February 1874
Gender: Male
John Pye the younger
Patronage Of British Art, An Historical Sketch: Comprising An Account Of The Rise And Progress Of Art And Artists In London, From The Beginning Of The Reign Of George The Second; Together With A History Of The Society For The Management And Distribution Of The Artists' Fund, From Its Establishment In 1810, To Its Incorporation In 1827. Illustrated With Notes, Historical, Biographical, And Explanatory. By John Pye, Landscape-Engraver, Honorary Member Of The Imperial Academy Of Arts, St. Petersburgh. [Epigraph] - London:: 1845.
06/2535
John Britton
The fine arts of the English school; illustrated by a series of engravings, from paintings, sculpture, and architecture, of eminent English artists: with ample biographical, critical, and descriptive essays, by various authors; edited and partly written by John Britton, F.S.A. - London: 1812
07/695
Thomas Sadler
Edwin Wilkins Field : a memorial sketch / by Thomas Sadler ; with a portrait. - London: 1872.
14/3305
Sir William Gell
Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices, And Ornaments Of Pompeii. By Sir William Gell, F.R.S. F.S.A. &c. And John P. Gandy, Architect. - - London:: 1817 - 1819.
07/4754