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[[File:Panorama of London in 1543 Wyngaerde Section 2.jpg|thumb|300px|Section from a 19th-century engraving by Nathaniel Whittock from a drawing by Antony van den Wyngaerde (ca 1543-501543–50), which shows the towers and spires of many of the churches mentioned in the rhyme ''[[Oranges and Lemons]]''.]]

'''Nathaniel Whittock''' (26 January 1791 – 12 August 1860)<ref name="british">{{cite web |url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=103041 |title=Nathaniel Wittock (Biographical Details) |website=The British Museum |access-date=2016-11-14}}</ref> was a Victorian topographical engraver, who published [[bird's-eye view]]s, e.g. of [[York]] (1856), [[Oxford]] (1834), [[Melbourne, Australia]] (1854), [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] (1855), and London (1845, 1849, 1859).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T008965|title=Bird’sBird's-eye view |website=Oxford Art Online|quote=Nathaniel Whittock (1791–1860) published lithographic bird’s-eye views of Oxford, London, Hull and York and of Melbourne, Australia |access-date= 16 May 2011 |subscriptionurl-access=yessubscription }}</ref>

==Life==

He was born to John and Sarah Whittock in the [[City of Westminster]] and was baptised on 6 March 1791 at [[St John's, Smith Square]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} Little is known about him until 1824-1829 when he appears as "Teacher of Drawing and Perspective, and Lithographist to the [[University of Oxford]]", and worked for the university's [[Ashmolean Museum]] and scientific community.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4cYeAQAAMAAJ ''The Ashmolean, Issues 15-27''], Ashmolean Museum, 1989</ref> In 1830 and 1831 he was at 24 Garnault Place, [[Spa Fields]], [[Islington]], London and from 1848 to 1860 he worked at 34 Richard Street, Islington with his cousin Henry Hyde.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

By 1819 he was living in [[Oxford]], where he ran the Oxford Drawing Academy in [[Oriel Street]], teaching ladies on Tuesdays and Thursdays and gentlemen on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for two hours, charging a guinea every three months. He also had a Painting Room next to the Angel Hotel in the [[High Street, Oxford|High Street]].<ref>Advertisement inserted by him in ''Jackson’s Oxford Journal'', 24 December 1819</ref> In 1823 he moved out of his house and shop in the High Street, and the premises were auctioned on 19 June that year.<ref>Advertisement by the auctioneer W. Fisher in ''Jackson’s Oxford Journal'', 7 June 1823</ref> He moved to [[St Clement's, Oxford|St Clement’s]], a suburb of Oxford.<ref>Inquest into the death of Elizabeth Kirby, “servant of Mr. Whittock, engraver, in the parish of St. Clement’s” reported in ''Jackson’s Oxford Journal'' of 1 June 1825</ref> The Oxford Baths were in St Clement’s, and on 6 May 1826 his book ''A Description of the Oxford Baths and School of Natation'' was published.<ref>''Jackson’s Oxford Journal'', 6 May 1826</ref> In 1824–1829 he appears as "Teacher of Drawing and Perspective, and Lithographist to the [[University of Oxford]]", and worked for the University's [[Ashmolean Museum]] and scientific community.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4cYeAQAAMAAJ ''The Ashmolean, Issues 15-27''], Ashmolean Museum, 1989</ref> By October 1827 he had left Oxford, and the contents of his St Clement’s house were sold by auction.<ref>''Jackson’s Oxford Journal'', 3 November 1827</ref>

In 1830 and 1831 he was at 24 Garnault Place, [[Spa Fields]], [[Islington]], London. The 1841 census shows him living at 34 Richard Street in Islington with his young nephew Henry Hyde: both were described as engravers. In 1851 he was still at the same address with his wife Ann Whitlock, nee Hyde, his nephew and business partner Henry Hyde, and his niece Caroline Hyde.

==Works==

Whittock was "a prolific writer of instruction books",<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=V87xpO3o3F0C&pg=PA95 ''About faces: physiognomy in nineteenth-century Britain''], Sharrona Pearl, p. 96</ref><ref>[[Hugh Murray (York historian)|Hugh Murray]], ''Nathaniel Whittock's bird's-eye view of the City of York in the 1850s'', Friends of York City Art Gallery, 1988</ref> on drawing and other subjects, such as ''The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide'' (1828), ''On the construction and decoration of the shop fronts of London'' (1840), and ''The complete book of trades, or the parents' guide and youths' instructor'' (1837). The full title of the first of these was:

{{quote|''The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide: containing the most approved methods of imitating oak, mahogany, maple, rose, cedar, coral, and every other kind of fancy wood, Verd Antique, Dove, Sienna, Porphry, white-veined and other marbles, in oil or distemper colour; designs for decorating apartments, in accordance with the various styles of architecture; with directions for stencilling, and process for destroying damp in walls; also a complete body of information on the art of staining and painting on glass; plans for the erection of apparatus for annealing it, and the method for joining figures together by leading, with examples from ancient windows''.<ref>[https://booksarchive.google.comorg/details/books?hl=en&lr=&id=NCoBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1decorativepaint00whitgoog ''The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide''], by Nathaniel Whittock, online text</ref> }}

As the full title shows, the work was very comprehensive, and the preface "rails against trade secrecy" which the book was intended to dispel.<ref>Joanna Banham, Sally MacDonald, Julia Porter. ''Victorian interior style'', 1995, Studio Editions, {{ISBN|1-85891-245-8}}, {{ISBN|978-1-85891-245-5}}</ref> The work has been described as "influential" and "important" and is often cited by modern scholars of [[interior decoration]].<ref>It is described as "influential" in both: Parissien, Steven. ''Interiors: The Home Since 1700'', p. 140 (quoted) - 141, 2008, Laurence King Publishing, and ''Encyclopedia of interior design: M-Z., Volume 2'', Editors Joanna Banham, Leanda Shrimpton, Fitzroy Dearborn, p. 785, 1997, {{ISBN|1-884964-19-2}}, {{ISBN|978-1-884964-19-0}}. "Important":''Painted wood: history and conservation'', p. 245, 1998, Symposium Proceedings, Getty Conservatiomn Institute, Eds, Valérie Dorge, F. Carey Howlett, {{ISBN|0-89236-501-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-89236-501-2}}</ref>

*{{cite book |last=WhittockRichardson |first=NathanielAndrew Hude |year=18271826 |title=TheA decorativedescription painters'of the Oxford baths, and glaziers'school of natation guide |urllocation=https://booksOxford |publisher=A.googleH.com/books?id=JhBEAQAAMAAJ Richardson |locationcontributor-last=LondonWhittock |publishercontributor-first=IsaacNathaniel Taylor Hinton|contribution=Lithographs}}

*{{cite book |last=Whittock |first=Nathaniel |year=1827 |title=The decorative painters' and glaziers' guide |url=https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008683811 |location=London |publisher=Isaac Taylor Hinton}}

*{{cite book |last=Allen |first=Thomas |year=1828–1833 |title=A new and complete history of the county of York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9MuAAAAMAAJ |location=London |publisher=I.T. Hinton |volume=1-3 |contributor-last=Whittock |contributor-first=Nathaniel |contribution=Illustrations}}

*{{cite book |last=Whittock |first=Nathaniel |year=1829 |title=A Topographical and Historical Description of the University and City of Oxford |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWAxAQAAMAAJ |location=London |publisher=Isaac Taylor Hinton}}

*{{cite book |last=Whittock |first=Nathaniel |year=1829 |title=The art of drawing and colouring from nature : flowers, fruit, and shells |location=London |publisher=Isaac Taylor Hinton}}

*{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=Andrew Hude |year=1830 |title=A description of the Oxford baths, and school of natation |location=Oxford |publisher=A.H. Richardson |contributor-last=Whittock |contributor-first=Nathaniel |contribution=Lithographs}}

*{{cite book |last=Whittock |first=Nathaniel |year=1830 |title=The art of drawing and colouring from nature : birds, beasts, fishes, and insects |location=London |publisher=Isaac Taylor Hinton}}

*{{cite book |last=Whittock |first=Nathaniel |year=1830 |title=The microcosm of Oxford |location=London |publisher= J. Bumpus, Hinton and Co.}}

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*{{cite book |last=Whittock |first=Nathaniel |year=1835 |orig-year=1829 |title=The Oxford drawing book, or, The art of drawing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzQDAAAAQAAJ |location=London |publisher=Edward Lacey}}

*{{cite book |last=Whittock |first=Nathaniel |year=1840 |title=On the construction and decoration of the shop fronts of London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jURVAAAAcAAJ |location=London |publisher=Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper}}

*{{cite book |last=Whittock |first=Nathaniel |year=1846 |title=The miniature painter's manual |url=https://books.google.cacom/books?id=DusDAAAAQAAJ |location=London |publisher=Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper}}

*{{cite book |last=Whittock |first=Nathaniel |year=1846 |title=A picturesque guide through Dublin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJReAAAAcAAJ |location=Dublin |publisher=J. Cornish}}

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===Images of engravings, etc.===

*[http://www.lostbrig.net/latest_news_2010.htm Whittock's picture] of [[Robin Hood's Bay]]

* A picture of {{ws|[[s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836/Beverley Minster|Beverley Minster]]}} engraved by Fenner for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836 with a poetical illustration by [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]].

* A picture of {{ws|[[s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836/Fountain’s Abbey|Fountain’s Abbey]]}} engraved by W J Cooke for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1836 with a poetical illustration by [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]].

===List of publications===

* [http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/VCQ8QEG882ENKXFDQ7DHITHVEU95E6VAMF796URSC5S6FLE3IL-13933?func=find-acc&acc_sequence=019224726 List from British Library]

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