Thomas Macklin

"The Cottagers" (inspired by Thomson) painted by Reynolds and commissioned by Macklin in 1788, featuring his daughter, Maria, (left), and his wife, Hannah (right) and friend (Jane Potts (Edwin Landseer's mother), standing).

Thomas Macklin (1752/53 – 25 October 1800) was a British printseller and picture dealer.[1] He commissioned many noted painters and engravers for his "Poets Gallery" project and his illustrated folio Bible project.

  1. ^ Charles Henry Timperley (1839). A Dictionary of Printers and Printing. H. Johnson. p. 804.