Known Engravings by
Herbert K. Bourne
ca. 1820-1885

 

Contrary Winds
after Thomas Webster, 1869
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt"
ptd by Selmar Hess
The Village Choir
after Thomas Webster, 1870
Genuine title: Village Choir, Bow Brickhill Church, Buckinghamshire
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt"
The Duel Interrupted
after Marcus Stone
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt"
     
The Village School
after Thomas Webster, 1845
genuine title of painting: A Dame's School
by "H. Bourne, Engraver"
ptd by G. Virtue
The New Curate
after D.W. Wynfield
Art Journal, 1880
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by D. Appleton & Co.

Watt's First Experiment
after Marcus Stone, 1869
by "Herbert Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by D. Appleton & Co.

     
The Death of Cleopatra
after Guido
by "H.C. Shelton finished by H. Bourne"
God's Acre
after Emily Mary Osborn
Famous British Artists: A Series Of
Engravings On Japan Paper

by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
The Alms - Deeds of Dorcas
after William Charles Thomas Dobson
Art Journal, 1860
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by James S. Virtue
     
The Last of England
after Ford Madox Brown, 1852
(models were Brown and wife Emma)
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by Gebbie & Barrie
New Shoes
after William Powell Frith
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
The Syren
after Charles Louis Muller, 1867
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
     
The Misers
after Quentin Matsys
by "H. Bourne, Sc."
ptd by Gebbie & Barrie
Le Malade Imaginaire
after Abraham Solomon
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by D. Appleton & Co, New York
Suspense
after Alexander Johnston
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by Gebbie & Barrie
     
Novitiate Mendicants
after "Rothwell", 1837 (probably Richard Rothwell)
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
D. Appleton & Co.
The Tambourine
after Pierre Louis Joseph deConinck
Art Journal, 1888
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by Selmar Hess, Gebbie & Barrie
Susannah
after John Rogers Herbert
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
     
The Crown of Hops
after William Frederick Witherington
genuine title: The Hop Garland, ca 1843
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by D. Appleton & Co.
Cherry Earrings
after Frederick Morgan
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by Selmar Hess
Flagstaff and Anne Page
after George Clint, 1831
from Charles Knight, Imperial Edition of The Works of Shakespeare, 1873-1876
by "H. Bourne, Engraver"
     
The Seven Ages of Man
(As You Like It)

after William Mulready, 1838
from Charles Knight, Imperial Edition of The Works of Shakespeare, 1873-1876
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by Virtue & Co.
The Crown Offered to William and Mary by the Lords and Commons at Whitehall, Feby 12th, 1689
after Edward Matthew Ward, 1866
The Children in the Wood
after John Thomas Peele. Genuine title: Children of the Wood, 1847
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
     

Spotty references claim Bourne also engraved vignettes of postage stamps for

Costa Rica, Haiti, Nyassa, Queensland, and Spain.

Unconfirmed references suggest he may have worked for

Perkins Bacon & Co
Charles Skipper & East
Bradbury Wilkinson & Co
Waterlow Brothers & Layton
Waterlow & Sons Ltd.

PLEASE HELP if you know more


"Cabezones," Columbus stamps, Chile, 1900
engraved by Bourne for Waterlow & Sons (date of engraving unknown)
Art Critics in Brittany
after Abraham Solomon
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by Virtue & Co.
     
Purity
after Henry Nelson O'Neil
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by James S. Virtue
The Happy Days of Job
after William Charles Thomas Dobson, 1845
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by James S. Virtue
The Novice
after John Calcott Horsley
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by Virtue & Co.
     

The Fair Correspondent
after James Sant
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by Virtue & Co.

Garrick And His Wife
after W Hogarth
Famous British Artists A Series Of Engravings On Japan Paper
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by Royal Collection
Juliet in the Cell of Friar Lawrence
after Edward Matthew Ward
appeared in Art and Artists of Our Time, vol. III, 1888
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
     
Job and His Friends
after Paul Falconer Poole
Genuine title probably: Messenger announcing to Job the Irruption of the Sabeans and the Slaughter
of the Servants, 1850
by "H. Bourne, Engraver"
ptd by H. Wilkinson
A Young Painter's First Works
after Marcus Stone
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
King Alfred Inciting the Anglo-Saxons:
to repel the invasion
of the Danes, A.D. 876

after George Frederic Watts
Genuine title, "King Alfred Inciting the Saxons to Prevent the Landing of the Danes"
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by Blackie & Son
     
Anne
after J.L. Williams, from the statue by Rysbrack at Blenheim House
"Engraved by E. Bourne"
ptd by Blackie & Son
Charles I
after J. L. Williams, from the picture by Anthony van Dyke
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by Blackie & Son
Charles II
after J.L. Williams, from Contemporary Engravings by Becket and Long, after the portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by Blackie & Son
     
 
Christian Martyrs in the Coliseum
(1875) after Gustave Doré
ptd by Fairless & Beeforth
Christ Leaving the Praetorian
(1877) after Gustave Doré
Andromeda (chained to the rocks)
(1881) after Gustave Doré
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by Holdgate Bros.
     
     
Triumph of Christianity over Paganism
(1872) after Gustave Doré
La Vigne (The Autumn Vine)
(1879?) after Gustave Doré
Les Tenebres (Night of the Crucifixion)
(1880) after Gustave Doré, reported engraved with William Ridgeway
     
 
Soldiers of the Cross (Crusaders)
(1881) after Gustave Doré
Moses Before Pharaoh
(1883?) after Gustave Doré
Slaying of The Innocents
(1875) after Gustave Doré
(This image has been referenced elsewhere as "Christian Martyrs)
     
Wycliffe On His Sickened Bed Assailed By His Friars
At Oxford
in 1378, after George Thomas
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by Blackie & Son
Fair-Time (1840 title)
after William Mulready
original 1809 title: Returning from the Ale-House
by "H. Bourne, Engraver"
ptd by G. Virtue

Yorick and the Grisette
after Gilbert Stuart Newtonk
by "H. Bourne, Engraver"
ptd by H. Wilkinson

     

The Release of the Seven Bishops after their trial in Wesminster Hall, June 29th 1688
from the fresco by after Edward Matthew Ward, R.A. in the Commons corridor, Houses of Parliament
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by Blackie & Son

The Butt-Shooting a Cherry
after William Mulready (1869)
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."

The Family of Charles I
after Anthony van Dyck
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by James S. Virtue
     
Hindoo Maidens Floating Lamps on the Ganges
after James Charles Armytage
by "H. Bourne"

St Catherine
after Peter Paul Rubens

Saint Barbara, Virgin & Martyr
after Peter Paul Rubens
from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints
by Rev Alban Butler
by "H. Bourne"
ptd by Virtue & Yorston, abt 1864

     
Grand Durbar at Cawnpore: after the suppresion of the Sepoy Revolt, Lord Canning investing the loyal Rajahs with decorations and proprietary rights
after Marshall Claxton
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by Blackie & Son
Lady Jane Grey's Reluctance to Accept the Crown, July 8th, 1553
from Pictures & Royal Portraits - Illustrative of English & Scottish History, 1886 by Thomas Archer
after Charles Robert Leslie
"Engraved by Herbert Bourne"
ptd by Blackie & Son
Murder of Archbishop Sharpe
after Sir William Allan
unconfirmed genuine title: The Death of Archbishop Sharpe
by "H. Bourne"
ptd by Virtue & Co.
     
L'Inamorta
after Henry Nelson O'Neil, 1854
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."

A Greek Girl
after Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, 1827
Genuine title: Haidée, a Greek Girl
by "H. Bourne, Engraver"
ptd by W. Day

Miriam
after Wilhelm Hensel, ca 1843. Genuine title: Miriam's Song of Praise
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
     
Nature's Mirror
after Leon Jean Basile Perrault
unknown if engraving or photogravure
Robin & Makyne
after William Fleming Vallance
by "H. Bourne"
ptd by Virtue & Co.
The Knuckle-Bone Player
after Lord Frederic Leighton
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by J.S. Virtue & Co.
     
   
Isabella
after John Everett Millais, 1849
Genuine title: Lorenzo and Isabella
"Engraved by H. Bourne"
ptd by J.S. Virtue & Co.
Robert Burns
after Archibald Skirving, 1840
Triumph of Christianity over Paganism
after Gustave Doré
     
Joseph Sold By His Brethren
after Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet, 1853
Genuine title: Joseph's Coat
Last Moments of the Czar
artist unknown
by "H. Bourne"
from Edward Henry Nolan, The History of the War Against Russia, 1857, ptd by Virtue & Co.
The Most Noble The Marquis of Hastings
after Sir Martin Arthur Shee
by "H. Bourne"
ptd by James S. Virtue
     
Lady Jane Gray Declining the Crown
after Robert Smirke
Chevalier de St George
(Son of James VII)

after Sir Peter Lely
Published in the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 1857
by "H. Bourne"
Henrietta of Orleans
after Peter Mignard
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
     
Anno Domini, Holy Family's flight to Egypt
after Edwin Long, 1889
Searching the Scriptures
after Alexander Strahuber
"Engd by Herbert Bourne"
ptd by Blackie & Son
Death of Sir Philip Sidney
after Jean Francis Rigaud
by "H. K. Bourne"
ptd by Virtue & Co.
     

St Agnes
after Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), 1620
(image flipped horizontally from original)
by "H. Bourne"; in The Lives of the Fathers, artyrs and Other Principal Saints, by Rev. Alban Butler, ptd by Virtue and Yorston

John Bunyan
from a painting in the possession of John Fenwick, Esq (painter not attributed)
by "H. Bourne"
ptd by Virtue & Co.
Christ Disputing with the Doctors
from a painting by Henry Decaisne (de Caisne)
     
The Garden
after Anthony Watteau
by "H. Bourne, Engraver"
ptd by G. Virtue
Charles I in the Guard-Room, insulted by the soldiers of Cromwell, Jany. 27th 1649
after (Hippolyte) Paul Delaroche
Genuine title: The King in the Guard-Room, with villainous roundhead soldiers blowing tobacco smoke in his patient face
"Engraved by H. Bourne,"
ptd by Blackie & Son
Charles II in Disguise Aided in His Escape by Jane Lane after the Battle of Worcester, 1651
after Edward Matthew Ward
Genuine title unconfirmed, but variably referenced as: 1) Jane Lane assisting Charles II to escape after the battle of Worcester (1651); 2) Charles II and Jane Lane ; 3) Jane Lane helping Charles II to escape after the Battle of Worcester
"Engraved by H. Bourne,"
ptd by Blackie & Son (From Illustrations of English and Scottish History, Volume I)

 

Engraved Title Source of art work image size (width x height in centimeters)
Rarity*
     
 
The Alms - Deeds of Dorcas William Charles Thomas Dobson 20.1 x 23.3
2
1
Anne J.L. Williams 8.7 x 16.9
4
1
Anno Domini Edwin Long 113 x 67
unk
 
Andromeda (Chained to the Rocks) Gustave Doré 43.2 x 30.5
unk
 
Art Critics in Brittany Abraham Solomon 18.2 x 23.6
3
1
The Butt-Shooting a Cherry William Mulready 22.5 x 19.3
2
2
"Cabezones," Columbus stamps Waterlow & Sons  
unk
 
Charles I Anthony van Dyke 8.5 x 16.7
5
1
Charles I in the Guard-Room (Hippolyte) Paul Delaroche 16.9 x 12.2
5
1
Charles II J.L. Williams 9.4 x 16.9
5
1
Charles II in Disguise Edward Matthew Ward 15.3 x 13.0
5
1
Cherry Earrings Frederick Morgan 17.4 x 22.0
1
1
Chevalier de St George Sir Peter Lely (unattributed on engraving) 10.0 x 12.7
3
1
The Children in the Wood John Thomas Peele 25.1 x 19.0
2
1
Christ Disputing with the Doctors Henry Decaisne (de Caisne)  
unk
 
Christ Leaving the Praetorian Gustave Doré 55.9 x 82.6
5
 
Christian Martyrs in the Coliseum Gustave Doré 55.9 x 82.6
5
 
Contrary Winds Thomas Webster 24.6 x 15.5
1
1
The Crown of Hops William Frederick Witherington 19.2 x 24.5
2
1
The Crown Offered to William and Mary Edward Matthew Ward  
unk
 
The Death of Cleopatra Guido (Cagnacci?) 20.0 x 24.6
1
1
Death of Sir Philip Sidney Jean Francis Rigaud 10.9 x 15.1
5
1
The Duel Interrupted Marcus Stone 25.4 x 15.8
1
1
The Fair Correspondent James Sant 18.5 x 22.7
3
1
Fair-Time William Mulready 19.5 x 24.2
2
1
Flagstaff and Anne Page George Clint 19.3 x 23.7
3
1
The Family of Charles I Anthony van Dyck 24.0 x 19.6
unk
1
The Garden Anthony Watteau 21.5 x 16.4
2
1
Garrick And His Wife W Hogarth 19.7 x 23.5
1
1
God's Acre Emily Mary Osborn 18.3 x 23.7
1
1
Grand Durbar at Cawnpore Marshall Claxton 17.2 x 11.7
5
1
A Greek Girl Sir Charles Lock Eastlake 18.8 x 23.7
4
1
The Happy Days of Job William Charles Thomas Dobson 19.2 x 23.0
1
1
Henrietta of Orleans Peter Mignard 19.7 x 25.6
4
1
Hindoo Maidens Floating Lamps on the Ganges James Charles Armytage 12.5 x 18.4
4
1
Isabella John Everett Millais 24.2 x 17.9
3
1
John Bunyan painter unknown 10.4 x 13.5
5
1
Joseph Sold By His Brethren Horace Vernet  
unk
 
Job and His Friends Paul Falconer Poole 25.6 x 17.6
2
1
Juliet in the Cell of Friar Lawrence Edward Matthew Ward 19.8 x 22.2
1
1
King Alfred Inciting the Anglo-Saxons George Frederic Watts 18.1 x 10.6
5
1
The Knuckle-Bone Player Lord Frederic Leighton 24.2 x 32.3
4
1
L'Inamorta Henry Nelson O'Neil 18.4 x 23.1
3
1
La Vigne (The Autumn Vine) Gustave Doré 55.9 x 31.8
unk
 
Lady Jane Gray Declining the Crown Robert Smirke 15.0 x 25.7
4
1
Lady Jane Grey's Reluctance to Accept the Crown Charles Robert Leslie 16.3 x 11.8
5
1
The Last of England Ford Madox Brown 21.0 x 23.2
2
3
Last Moments of the Czar unattributed 16.5 x 11.0
5
1
Le Malade Imaginaire Abraham Solomon 18.5 x 23.2
2
1
Les Tenebres (Night of the Crucifixion) Gustave Doré 55.9 x 82.6
unk
 
Miriam Wilhelm Hensel 22.8 x 22.8
2
1
The Misers Quentin Matsys 19.4 x 23.7
2
1
Moses Beffore Pharaoh Gustave Doré 55.9 x 82.6
5
 
The Most Noble The Marquis of Hastings Sir Martin Arthur Shee 10.5 x 12.8
3
1
Murder of Archbishop Sharpe Sir William Allan 17.4 x 12.0
3
1
Nature's Mirror Leon Jean Basile Perrault 23.5 x 28.6
5
1
The New Curate D.W. Wynfield 26.3 x 16.3
2
1
New Shoes William Powell Frith 22.0 x 22.0
5
1
The Novice John Calcott Horsley 17.8 x 11.7
4
1
Novitiate Mendicants (Richard?) Rothwell 18.5 x 24.4
2
1
Purity Henry Nelson O'Neil 19.7 x 23.9
3
1
The Release of the Seven Bishops Edward Matthew Ward 15.4 x 13.0
5
1
Robert Burns Archibald Skirving  
unk
 
Robin & Makyne William Fleming Vallance 10.8 x 15.2
4
1
St Agnes Domenichino (Zampieri Domenico) 9.9 x 12.9
5
1
St Barbara Peter Paul Rubens 9.9 x 13.2
5
1
St Catherine Peter Paul Rubens  
unk
 
Searching the Scriptures Alexander Strähuber 20.1 x 19.8
5
1
The Seven Ages of Man William Mulready 23.8 x 17.5
4
1
Slaying of The Innocents Gustave Doré 81.2 x 55.9
5
 
Soldiers of the Cross (Crusaders) Gustave Doré 55.9 x 82.6
5
 
Susannah John Rogers Herbert 16.7 x 25.2
4
1
Suspense Alexander Johnston 16.0 x 20.4
2
1
The Syren Charles Louis Muller 20.0 x 24.9
3
1
The Tambourine Pierre Louis Joseph deConinck 17.7 x 27.8
2
3
Triumph of Christianity over Paganism Gustave Doré 82.5 x 55.9
5
 
The Village Choir Thomas Webster 25.4 x 14.4
2
1
The Village School Thomas Webster 25.6 x 14.2
3
1
Watt's First Experiment Marcus Stone 23.9 x 18.3
3
1
Wycliffe On His Sickened Bed George Thomas 16.2 x 11.7
5
1
Yorick and the Grisette Gilbert Stuart Newtonk 18.8 x 24.6
1
1
A Young Painter's First Works Marcus Stone 23.6 x 18.0
3
1

* Rarity: See a discussion of rarity estimates.
Information about Bourne's engravings of Gustave Doré's paintings kindly supplied by Dan Malan, Jan., 2005.

The following images were NOT engraved by Herbert Bourne

     
The Last Toilet of Charlotte Corday
by R. Bourne
after Edward Matthew Ward
The Departure
R. Bourne
after William Powell Frith
Family Devotion
T. Bourne
after Thomas Faed
     
     

 

Other images reportedly engraved by Herbert Bourne

Substantially reliable references exist that indicate Bourne's engravings also appear in these two volumes. I have never located either, so I cannot personally confirm.

This reference to the Henry-Scott-MacFarlane Bible came from the WorldCat database (courtesy of David Adams). A librarian at Yale University personally re-examined the Bible in Yale's collection and confirmed that it definitely includes these artists and engravers.

Engravers reported: Artists reported:
Charles Rolls William Hilton
? Edwards Henry LeJeune
Charles Henry Jeens William Henry Bartlett
Charles Cousen William Hamilton
W. West John Singleton Copley
Herbert Bourne Paul Falconer Poole
William Holl Peter Paul Rubens
William Greatback  


However, I have discovered there are two, and possibly more, editions of the Bible that have identical title, date, page numbers, and contributors. The most common version (by William Collins, Glasgow) does NOT include Bourne. In fact, the illustrations in the Yale edition and the Collins edition are completely different. It also appears (although I cannot confirm 100%) there is a third volume replete with many maps but apparently no engravings. The Collins edition includes the following illustrations:

 

Old Testament: New testament:
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (E. Radclyffe, inside front) Bethlehem (E. Radclyffe, after pg 4)
Jerusalem from Scopus (E. Radclyffe, title page) Nazareth (J. Bower, after pg 30)
The Dead Sea (unattributed, after pg 24) Jerusalem (E. Radclyffe, after pg 33)
Sidon, after pg 56 (E. Radclyffe) Mount of Olives & Valley of Jehoshaphat (D. Mitchell, after pg 34)
Plains El-Rahah - Mt. Sinai (J. Bower, after pg 104 ) Tiberias (E. Radclyffe, after pg 40)
Hebron (E. Radclyffe, after pg 168) Bethany (R. Dawson, after pg 54)
The River Jordan (R. Dawson, after pg 48) Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem, after pg 60)
Kirjath - Jearim (A. Willmore, after pg 258) Field of the Shephards at Bethlehem (W. Gellatly, after pg 66)
Nablous (unattributed, after pg 280) Jericho (J. Bower, after pg 92)
Ramleh (J. Brodie, after pg 296) Pool of Bethesda and Church of St Anne (E. Radclyffe, after pg 108)
Shiloh (J. Brodie, after pg 302) Lydda (R. Dawson, after pg 144)
Tower of David and Anglican Church (D. Mitchell, after pg 342) Jaffa (E. Radclyffe, after pg 146)
Bethel (H. Bibby, after pg 388)  
Samaria (E. Radclyffe, after pg 406)  
Pool of Bezekiah (J. Brodie, after pg 430)  
Mosque of Omar (R. Dawson, after pg 472)  
Valley of Gihon (A. Willmore, after pg 504)  
Mount Lebanon from Beyrout (W. Richardson, after pg 720)