Samuel Loxton

This article is about the English illustrator. For the Australian cricketer, footballer and politician, see Sam Loxton.

A 1919 Loxton illustration of Hotwells Halt railway station.

Samuel Loxton (born 1857 in Bristol; died 5 February 1922)[1] was an English illustrator and artist who worked primarily in Bristol and the west of England for regional newspapers. Many of his illustrations of Bristol were republished in a contemporary history of the city published in 1909.[2] Some 2000 of his works are catalogued in the Bristol Central Library.[3] A collection of his prints was republished in 1992.[4]

  • Samuel Loxton images of Bristol
    Samuel Loxton images of Bristol

References

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  1. ^ "Loxton's Legacy". Bristol Past. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  2. ^ Stone, George Frederick (1909). Bristol: as it was and as it is. A record of fifty years' progress. Bristol: Walter Reid.
  3. ^ "Drawings: Samuel Loxton Shelf mark: LOCAL Staff Library : 31 drawers. MF1 : microf". Libraries West.
  4. ^ Loxton, Samuel (1992). Loxton's Bristol: The City's Edwardian Years in Black-and-white Drawings. Bristol: Redcliffe Press.


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