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Isaac Taylor (1730–1807) was an English engraver. ==Life== The son of William Taylor (b. 1693), a versatile artisan, and Ann Taylor, he was born on 13 December 1730 in the parish of St. Michael in Bedwardine, in the city of Worcester. In the early part of his career he worked successively as a brassfounder, a silversmith, and a surveyor. About 1752 he made his way to London, and found employment first at a silversmith’s, and then with Thomas Jefferys the cartographer, at the corner of St. Martin's Lane. Under his guidance he executed a number of plates for the ''Gentleman’s Magazine''. Taylor moved on to book illustration, working on William Owen Pughe's ''Dictionary'' and Andrew Tooke's ''Pantheon''. Soon after its incorporation, in January 1765, Taylor was admitted a fellow of the Society of Artists, and in 1774 he was appointed secretary as successor to John Hamilton, being the third to hold that post. At the time he joined the society Taylor was living at Holles Street, Clare Market. Taylor seems to have moved to the Bible and Crown, Holborn, about 1770, to Chancery Lane in 1773, and back to Holborn by 1776. When Thomas Bewick visited London in that year he received kind treatment from Taylor; when, however, after a short experience, Bewick decided that he would ‘rather herd sheep at five shillings a week than be tied to live in London . . . my kind friend left me in a pet and I never saw him more’ (Memoir, 1887, p. 105). Among Taylor's other personal friends were David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith, Francesco Bartolozzi, Richard Smirke, and Henry Fuseli. Soon after 1780 Taylor retired to Edmonton, and painted a few subjects in oil. He died at Edmonton on 17 October 1807, aged 77, and was buried in Edmonton churchyard, where there was a monument to him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isaac Taylor (engraver)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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