Sir John Bayley (1763-1841) judge and legal writer

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Engraver William Say was born at Lakeham, Norwich; the son of a land steward. He was raised by an aunt after both his parents died before he was six. In 1788 he moved to London and, from 1791, studied under engraver James Ward. Say became one of the first engravers to work on a steel, rather than copper. After engraving portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in 1807, he was appointed their official engraver. Say also engraved works for J. M. W. Turner’s series ‘The Rivers of England’ (1823-27) and Sir John Ross’s ‘Narrative of a Second Voyage’ (1835). In total he published 335 prints, an almost complete set of which were presented to the British Museum by his son in 1852. Say died at home in Weymouth Street, Westminster, aged 66.

People

Sir John Bayley (1763 - 1841)

Places

Subjects

book, writer, male portrait, legal costume, wig, legal bands, judge, Privy Counsellor, curtain, chair, table (as Subject)

Materials & Techniques

mezzotint

Artist

William Russell (1780 - 1870)
William Say (1768 - 1834)

Title

Sir John Bayley (1763-1841) judge and legal writer

Edition

Proof

Date

published 2 March 1823

Medium

Mezzotint

Acquisition

Purchased from Mrs Dorothy Lane, February 1958

GAC number

4497