Charles Knight Collection

Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, 1864. Late Gothic edifice with a vast fan vaulted ceiling with ornate stained glass windows

Uintathere, an extinct rhinocerus of North America
Extinct species of rhinocerus, Uintathere, ancient Wyoming and Utah. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an 1890s Charles Knight illustration

Ariel (The Tempest), c1870. Artist: Henry James Townsend
Ariel (The Tempest), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

George Buchanan
2603627 George Buchanan; (add.info.: George Buchanan (1506 - 1582) Scottish humanist, historian and scholar. Tutor to Mary Queen of Scots (1562) and in 1567 to her son James VI

Portrait of Alexander Pope
864200 Portrait of Alexander Pope; (add.info.: Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet. Engraving from "The Gallery of Portraits" Vol

London citizen's wife in Puritan times, 1850
3479431 London citizen's wife in Puritan times, 1850; (add.info.: London citizen's wife in Puritan times. From Charles Knight Old England, n.d. ca 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Donato Lazzari Bramante
2603628 Donato Lazzari Bramante; (add.info.: Donato Lazzari Bramante (1444 - 1514) Italian architect and painter. engraving from "The Gallery of Portraits" Vol VI by Charles Knight (London)

Portrait of Edmund Spenser
864199 Portrait of Edmund Spenser; (add.info.: Edmund Spenser (1552?-1599) English Elizabethan poet. Engraving from "The Gallery of Portraits" Vol

Man in Puritan dress, 1850
3479432 Man in Puritan dress, 1850; (add.info.: Man in Puritan dress. From Charles Knight Old England, London, n.d. Circa 1850.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cotton Mill, 1851
3479014 Cotton Mill, 1851; (add.info.: Cotton Mill, Stockport. From the pictorial gallery of Arts, Charles Knight, London 1851.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Portrait of Daniel Defoe (print)
864210 Portrait of Daniel Defoe (print); (add.info.: Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731) English author, satirist and adventurer. Remembered now for his novels "Robinson Crusoe" (1719)

Haymakers in a Storm, n.d. Creator: Charles Knight
Haymakers in a Storm, n.d

The Bird's Nest, n.d. Creator: Charles Knight
The Bird's Nest, n.d

Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
863403 Edmund Burke (1729-1797) by Reynolds, Joshua (1723-92) (after); (add.info.: Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Anglo-Irish orator, political philosopher and writer, member of the Whig political party

General Babington, 1902. Creator: Charles Knight
General Babington, 1902. Sir James Melville Babington (1854-1936) British Army officer and cavalry leader who took part in the Battle of Magersfontein on 10-11 December 1899

The Coronation Chair, c1845, (1864). The Coronation Chair, known historically as St Edwards Chair or King Edwards Chair, is a wooden throne on which the British monarch sits when he or she is

Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1834
Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1830. La Perouse (1741-1788) spent four years (1785-1788)

Madame de Stael, english engraving, 1836 (engraving)
863396 Madame de Stael, english engraving, 1836 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: Germaine de Stael (1766-1817) French woman of letters, novelist, intellectual

Charles Knight (engraving)
728280 Charles Knight (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Knight. Illustration for A History of Booksellers by Henry Curwen (Chatto and Windus)

Portrait of Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian engraver, circa 1470-1534
6338842 Portrait of Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian engraver, circa 1470-1534 by Holl, William the Younger (1807-71); (add.info.: Portrait of Marcantonio Raimondi, Italian engraver, circa 1470-1534)

U.S. Coast Survey... Reconnaissance of Smiths or Blunts Island, Washington / U.S. Coas
U.S. Coast Survey...Reconnaissance of Smiths or Blunts Island, Washington / U.S. Coast Survey...Sketch of Anacapa Island in Santa Barbara Channel, 1854-57

U.S. Coast Survey... Sketch of Anapaca Island in Santa Barbara Channel, 1854-57
U.S. Coast Survey...Sketch of Anapaca Island in Santa Barbara Channel, 1854-57. After William Birch McMurtrie

Fors Nothyn, North Wales, c1850. Creator: Josiah Wood Whymper
Fors Nothyn, North Wales, c1850. River running through a steep-sided gorge. From " The Land We Live in: A Pictorial and Literary Sketch-book of the British Empire"

Daguesseau, (c1836). Creator: James Mollison
Daguesseau, (c1836). Portrait of Henri Francois d Aguesseau (1668-1751), Chancellor of France. From an original Picture by Mignard in the possession of the Countess Segur

View of a Geyser, or Hot Fountain, 7 December 1833. Creator: Unknown
View of a Geyser, or Hot Fountain, 7 December 1833. Illustration to an article on the geysers, or hot fountains of Iceland

Othello Relating His Adventures, c1870. Artist: T. Vernon
Othello Relating His Adventures, c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Scene from Faustus. Margaret Meets Faustus in the Summer House, c1870. Artist
Scene from Faustus. Margaret Meets Faustus in the Summer House, c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Juliet and the Nurse (Romeo & Juliet), c1870. Artist: Samuel Sangster
Juliet and the Nurse (Romeo & Juliet), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Malvolio, c1870. Artist: R Staines
Malvolio, c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

The Death of the Earl of Warwick (King Henry VI), c1870. Artist: T Brown
The Death of the Earl of Warwick (King Henry VI), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Prince Arthur and Hubert (King John), c1870. Artist: David Desvachez
Prince Arthur and Hubert (King John), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Queen Katherine (King Henry VIII), c1870. Artist: Charles W Sharpe
Queen Katherine (King Henry VIII), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Juliet in the Cell of Friar Lawrence (Romeo and Juliet), c1870. Artist: Herbert Bourne
Juliet in the Cell of Friar Lawrence (Romeo and Juliet), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Prince Henry, Poins, and Falstaff. (King Henry IV - First Part), c1870. Artists
Prince Henry, Poins, and Falstaff. (King Henry IV - First Part), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

The Seven Ages of Man (As You Like It), c1870. Artist: H Bourne
The Seven Ages of Man (As You Like It), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Lear and Cordelia (King Lear), c1870. Artist: W Ridgeway
Lear and Cordelia (King Lear), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

The Works of Shakspere - The Globe Theatre, Bankside, 1593, c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Queen Isabella and Her Ladies (King Richard II), c1870. Artist: T Sherratt
Queen Isabella and Her Ladies (King Richard II), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Imogen in the Cave (Cymbeline), c1870. Artist: David Desvachez
Imogen in the Cave (Cymbeline), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Timon and Flavius (Timon of Athens), c1870. Artist: Charles Cousen
Timon and Flavius (Timon of Athens), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Autolycus (The Winters Tale), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Christopher Sly (Taming of the Shrew), c1870. Artist: Charles W Sharpe
Christopher Sly (Taming of the Shrew), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Disarming of Cupid (Sonnet Cliv. ), c1870. Artist: P Lightfoot
Disarming of Cupid (Sonnet Cliv.), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Volumnia Reproaching Brutus and Sicinius (Coriolanus), c1870. Artist: J Stephenson
Volumnia Reproaching Brutus and Sicinius (Coriolanus), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

The Ladys Tailor (King Henry IV - Second Part), c1870. Artist: Charles W Sharpe
The Ladys Tailor (King Henry IV - Second Part), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Falstaff and his Friends (The Merry Wives of Windsor), c1870. Artist: W Greatbatch
Falstaff and his Friends (The Merry Wives of Windsor), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Puck and the Fairies. (Midsummer Nights Dream), c1870. Artist: WM Lizare
Puck and the Fairies. (Midsummer Nights Dream), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

The Works of Shakspere - The Birth-Place of Shakspere (with Garics Jubilee Procession), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

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Charles Knight was a multi-talented individual whose diverse interests and skills encompassed various fields. From his detailed engravings of extinct creatures like the Uintathere, an ancient rhinoceros of North America, to his artistic portrayal of characters such as Ariel from Shakespeare's "The Tempest, " Knight showcased his creativity and attention to detail. In 1864, Knight captured the majestic beauty of Kings College Chapel in Cambridge through his artwork, highlighting its architectural grandeur. He also delved into portraiture, immortalizing influential figures like Madame de Stael in an English engraving from 1836 and General Babington in a captivating piece from 1902. Knight's fascination with exploration led him to depict notable explorers such as Comte de La Perouse, an intrepid French navigator and astronomer who ventured into uncharted territories during the 18th century. Additionally, he paid homage to Marcantonio Raimondi, an Italian engraver known for his exceptional craftsmanship during the Renaissance period. Not limited to land-based subjects alone, Knight contributed significantly to marine cartography with works like the U. S. Coast Survey's reconnaissances of Smiths or Blunts Island and Anapaca Island in Santa Barbara Channel. His meticulous attention to geographical details ensured accurate representations that aided navigation. Knight's talent extended beyond landscapes and seascapes; he also depicted scenes like Fors Nothyn in North Wales by Josiah Wood Whymper around 1850. This picturesque depiction showcases Knight's ability to capture nature's beauty on canvas. Through James Mollison's creation titled Daguesseau circa 1836, Charles Knight demonstrated his versatility by capturing not only people but also their essence and character through artistry. Charles Knight left behind a rich legacy filled with intricate engravings that celebrated both natural wonders and human achievements. His passion for artistry shines through each piece he created, leaving a lasting impression on those who appreciate his talent.