James C. Allen (engraver)

James Charles Allen (3 November 1790 – 1833)[1] was an English line-engraver from London.

He was the son of William Allen, a Smithfield salesman, and his wife, Elizabeth.[2]

Allen was taught by William Bernard Cooke, and in conjunction with whom he engraved and published in 1821 Views of the Colosseum, from drawings by Major-General Cockburn, and in 1825 Views in the South of France, chiefly on the Rhone, from drawings by Peter De Wint, after original sketches by John Hughes. He likewise engraved a spirited plate of the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, after P. J. de Loutherbourg, for the Gallery of Greenwich Hospital; St. Mawes, Cornwall, after Turner, for Cooke's Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England; Portsmouth from Spithead, after Stanfield; and The Temple of Isis, after Cockburn. He excelled especially in etching, and was much employed on illustrations for books.[3]

His work remains in the British Museum.[4]

  1. ^ Hunnisett, B. (3 January 2008). "Allen, James Charles (bap. 1790?, d. 1833), engraver". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/375. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 29 July 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812
  3. ^ "Allen, James C." . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  4. ^ "Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons". 1878.