Contrary Winds
after Thomas Webster, 1843
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt"
ptd by Selmar Hess, 1869
(original at Victoria & Albert Museum)

The Village Choir
after Thomas Webster, 1847
Genuine title: Village Choir, Bow Brickhill Church, Buckinghamshire
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt" 1870
(original at Victoria & Albert Museum, study for the painting at Royal Academy of Arts)

The Village School
after Thomas Webster, 1845
genuine title of painting: A Dame's School
by "H. Bourne, Engraver"
ptd by G. Virtue
(original at Tate Gallery, London)

The New Curate
after David Wilkie Wynfield, 1875
Art Journal, 1880
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by D. Appleton & Co.
(reported in several places as originally painted in 1877, but clearly referenced in Academy Notes in 1875)

Watt's First Experiment
after Marcus Stone,
by "Herbert Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by D. Appleton & Co., 1869
genuine title: Watt Discovering the Condensation of Steam (known elsewhere as The Young James Watt Playing With Steam)

The Death of Cleopatra
after Guido (Reni)
by "H.C. Shelton finished by H. Bourne"
genuine title: Cleopatra with the Asp, 1628 (please note that Guide Reni also created a work titled Tod der Kleopatra (Death of Cleopatra), but that painting has a different pose and the asp is in the opposite hand); original in Great Britain's Royal Collection

God's Acre
after Emily Mary Osborn, 1834
Famous British Artists: A Series Of
Engravings On Japan Paper
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
also unconfirmed report of appearance in One Hundred Works of Great Masters by Aphonse Bacheret); the original was offered for sale in 2008 by a Washington DC gallery

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
(reported from the Art Journal, 1853)

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
(reported from One Hundred Works of Great Masters by Aphonse Bacheret)

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.
(reportedly from the Art Journal, 1851)

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"
(represented act 3, scene 3 in the Merry Wives of Windsor)

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
(supposedly appeared in Illustrations of English and Scottish History, vol. 2)
The 1854 edition of The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal clearly refers to the artist as Edward M. Ward (as opposed to Edgar Melville Ward) and the title as The Lords and Commons presenting the Crown to William and Mary in the Banquetting House

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, Nyassa, Haiti, Queensland, and Spain.

Unconfirmed references suggest he may have worked for

Perkins Bacon & Co
Charles Skipper & East
Waterlow Brothers & Layton


PLEASE HELP if you know about Bourne's engravings for stamps

"Cabezones," Columbus stamps, Chile, 1900
engraved by Bourne for Waterlow & Sons (date of engraving unknown)

"Queen Victoria" stamps, Falkland Islands, 1878 and after
engraved by Bourne for Bradbury Wilkinson & 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 (supposedly in the Art Journal, 1855)
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, 1862
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
genuine title: The Painter's First Work

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
(supposedly appeared in Illustrations of English and Scottish History, vol. 1)

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

Night of the Crucifixion (Les Tenebres)
(1880) after Gustave Doré, reported engraved by Bourne and William Ridgeway
by "H. Bourne"
ptd by Fairless & Beeforth, Doré Gallery, 1880
(one artist's proof version of this work is hand-titled After the Crucifixion)

Soldiers of the Cross (Crusaders)
(1881) after Gustave Doré

Moses Before Pharaoh
(1883?) after Gustave Doré

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
(reported from the Art Journal)

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
not seen in person, so 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."
(reportedly from The Story of Nell Gwyn and the Sayings of Charles the Second, extra-illustrated, 1852, Bradbury & Evans, London)

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.

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 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; 4)Jane Lane assisting the flight of Charles II; 5) Charles II assisted in his escape by Jane Lane
"Engraved by H. Bourne,"
ptd by Blackie & Son (From Illustrations of English and Scottish History, Volume I)
This artist is sometimes referenced as Edgar Melville Ward, but is clearly in disagreement with the 1854 edition of Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal. vol 17

Leah and Rachel
after Jean Francois Portaels
by "H. Bourne"
ptd by A. Fullarton & Co., London and Edinburgh

Art Critics in Brittany
after Abraham Solomon
by "H. Bourne, Sculpt."
ptd by Virtue & Co.

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