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See also:BOYDELL, See also:JOHN (1719-1804) , See also:English See also:alderman and publisher, was See also:born at Dorrington, and at the See also:age of twenty-one came to See also:London and was apprenticed for seven years to an engraver. In 1746 he published a See also:volume of views in See also:England and See also:Wales, and started in business as a See also:print-seller. By his See also:good See also:taste and liberality he managed to secure the services of the best artists, and his engravings were executed with such skill that his business became extensive and lucrative. He succeeded in his See also:plan of a See also:Shakespeare See also:gallery, and obtained the assistance of the most eminent painters of the See also:day, whose contributions were exhibited publicly for many years. The engravings from these paintings See also:form a splendid See also:companion volume to his large illustrated edition of Shakespeare's See also:works. Towards the See also:close of his See also:life Boydell sustained severe losses through the See also:French Revolution, and was compelled to dispose of his Shakespeare gallery by lottery. Boydell had previously become an alderman, and See also:rose to be See also:lord See also:mayor of London.
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