Joshua Kirby

2 works by Joshua Kirby (British, 1716–1774) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.

Joshua Kirby, often mistakenly called John Joshua Kirby, was an English 18th-century landscape painter, engraver, writer, draughtsman and architect famed for his publications and teaching on linear perspective based on Brook Taylor's mathematics.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

At a glance

Most of Joshua Kirby's work on the site falls under Prints (1), Drawings (1).

By movement, it's catalogued as Baroque (1), Neoclassicism (1).

Culture: English (2).

By orientation: 1 landscape, 1 portrait.

Dated work in this group ranges from 1754 to 1763.

Other British artists of the period

Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:

• James Gillray — 372 artworks
• Francis Wheatley — 94 artworks
• Thomas Hudson — 79 artworks
• John Downman — 78 artworks
• Pietro Fabris — 54 artworks
• John Russell — 36 artworks
• Henry Bone — 28 artworks
• Alexander Runciman — 22 artworks

Prints of these artworks

Every artwork here can be downloaded as the original high-resolution file, or ordered as a Canvas, Rolled Canvas, Framed Canvas or Framed Print from $21.99, shipping included.

Sizes and framing

Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.

Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.