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Samuel Read (20 December 1815, Needham Market - 6 May 1883, Sidmouth) was an English illustrator who provided many illustrations for the Illustrated London News.^[1]

Samuel was the son of Robert Read, a boot and shoemaker.^[2] He began work in Ipswich, in a law office and then for an architect. He then moved to London, where he studied wood engraving under Josiah Wood Whymper.^[3] He also learned watercolour painting, from William Collingwood Smith. He starting showing at the Royal Academy exhibitions in 1843.^[4]

It was in 1844 that Read started contributing to the Illustrated London News. He travelled widely for them, abroad and for British topographical subjects.^[3]Simon Houfe (1981). The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800–1914. Antique Collectors’ Club. p. 428. ISBN 0902028731.</ref>

Read married a daughter of Robert Carruthers, who owned and edited the Inverness Courier. He spent the later years of his life at Parkside, Bromley, Kent. He died of paralysis at Sidmouth, Devonshire, on 6 May 1883. Three of his drawings – The Moated Grange, The Corridor, Brewers’ Hall, Antwerp, and Toledo Cathedral— are kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum.^[1] He had been elected to the Old Water-colour Society in 1880.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Sanders, Clayton. "Read, Samuel (1815?-1883) Archives". Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd. Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
^ John, Blatchly (1980). Eighty Ipswich Portraits : Samuel Read's Early Victorian Sketchbook. Ipswich: John Blatchly.
^ ^a ^b ^c Simon Houfe (1981). The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800–1914. Antique Collectors’ Club. p. 428. ISBN 0902028731.
^ Baker, Anne Pimlott. "Read, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23220. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[RFA-1] Sanders, Clayton. "Read, Samuel (1815?-1883) Archives". Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd. Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[Blatchly-2] John, Blatchly (1980). Eighty Ipswich Portraits : Samuel Read's Early Victorian Sketchbook. Ipswich: John Blatchly.

[Houfe-3] Simon Houfe (1981). The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800–1914. Antique Collectors’ Club. p. 428. ISBN 0902028731.

[4] Baker, Anne Pimlott. "Read, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23220. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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 '''Samuel Read''' (20 December 1815, [[Needham Market]] - 6 May 1883, [[Sidmouth]]) was an [[English people|English]] [[illustrator]] who provided many illustrations for the ''[[Illustrated London News]].''<ref name="RFA">{{cite web |last1=Sanders |first1=Clayton |title=Read, Samuel (1815?-1883) Archives |url=https://www.radnorshire-fine-arts.co.uk/brand/read-samuel-1815-1883/ |website=Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd |publisher=Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd |accessdate=22 January 2020}}</ref>
-Samuel was the son of Robert Read, a boot and shoemaker.<ref name="Blatchly">{{cite book |last1=John |first1=Blatchly |title=Eighty Ipswich Portraits : Samuel Read's Early Victorian Sketchbook |date=1980 |publisher=John Blatchly |location=Ipswich}}</ref> He began work in [[Ipswich]], in a law office and for an architect. He then moved to London, where he studied under [[Josiah Wood Whymper]]. He started work for the ''Illustrated London News'' in 1844. He travelled widely for them, abroad and for British topographical subjects.<ref name="Houfe">{{cite book |author=Simon Houfe |title=The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800–1914 |year=1981 |publisher=Antique Collectors’ Club |isbn=0902028731 |page=428}}</ref>
+Samuel was the son of Robert Read, a boot and shoemaker.<ref name="Blatchly">{{cite book |last1=John |first1=Blatchly |title=Eighty Ipswich Portraits : Samuel Read's Early Victorian Sketchbook |date=1980 |publisher=John Blatchly |location=Ipswich}}</ref> He began work in [[Ipswich]], in a law office and then for an architect. He then moved to London, where he studied [[wood engraving]] under [[Josiah Wood Whymper]].<ref name="Houfe">{{cite book |author=Simon Houfe |title=The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800–1914 |year=1981 |publisher=Antique Collectors’ Club |isbn=0902028731 |page=428}}</ref> He also learned [[watercolour painting]], from [[William Collingwood Smith]]. He starting showing at the [[Royal Academy]] exhibitions in 1843.<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=23220|first=Anne Pimlott|last=Baker|title=Read, Samuel}}</ref>
+It was in 1844 that Read started contributing to the ''Illustrated London News''. He travelled widely for them, abroad and for British topographical subjects.<ref name="Houfe"/>{{cite book |author=Simon Houfe |title=The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800–1914 |year=1981 |publisher=Antique Collectors’ Club |isbn=0902028731 |page=428}}</ref>
 Read married a daughter of [[Robert Carruthers]], who owned and edited the ''[[Inverness Courier]]''. He spent the later years of his life at Parkside, [[Bromley, Kent]]. He died of paralysis at [[Sidmouth]], Devonshire, on 6 May 1883. Three of his drawings – ''The Moated Grange'', ''The Corridor, Brewers’ Hall, Antwerp'', and ''Toledo Cathedral''— are kept in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].<ref name="RFA"/> He had been elected to the [[Old Water-colour Society]] in 1880.<ref name="Houfe"/>