Thomas Cecil (engraver)

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Thomas Cecil (fl. 1626 – 1640) was an English engraver who worked entirely with the graver, and whose work flourished about 1630.{{cite book|last=Slater|first=Herbert J.|title=Engravings and Their Value: A Guide for the Print Collector|year=2009|publisher=Echo Library|isbn=1848301928|pages=249|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjjcSKZ8nksC&pg=PA32}}

Works

File:Portrait of Archibald Armstrong Archee the kinges lester by Thomas Cecil.jpg engraved by Thomas Cecil.]]

His engravings are finely executed, among them the first edition of Thomas Heywood's 1635 Hierarchie of the Bleesed Angels{{cite book|last=Lowndes|first=William Thomas|title=The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of Rare, Curious, and Useful Books, Published in Or Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the Invention of Printing; with Bibliographical and Critical Notices, Collations of the Rarer Articles, and the Prices at which They Have Been Sold in the Present Century|year=1834|publisher=W. Pickering|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bibliographersm00lowngoog/page/n936 926]|url=https://archive.org/details/bibliographersm00lowngoog}} and Thomas Kedermister of Langley, dated 1628.{{cite book|last=Strutt|first=Joseph|title=A Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical Account of All the Engravers, from the Earliest Period of the Art of Engraving to the Present Time; and a Short List of Their Most Esteemed Works. ... With Several Curious Specimens of the Performances of the Most Ancient Artists|year=1785|publisher=Robert Faulder|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00stru/page/189 189]|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00stru}} He was working in London from 1627 to 1635. The portrait of Henry VIII prefixed to some copies of the first edition of Lord Herbert of Cherbury's History of Henry is by Cecil. His portraits are often from his own drawings.{{cite DNB|wstitle=Cecil, Thomas (fl.1630)}}

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