James Tibbits Willmore
1800–1863 (age 63)
Biography
James Tibbits Willmore earned renown as an engraver whose precision and sensitivity translated the work of leading painters into widely disseminated prints, notably collaborating on editions featuring the landscapes of Turner and other contemporaries. His mastery of line and tone helped bring the luminosity of Romantic vistas to the drawing rooms of Victorian Britain.
He is remembered by fellow artists and patrons as a craftsman of rare fidelity, and visitors to Highgate Cemetery may pay tribute to a life dedicated to the printmaker's delicate art.