Thomas Abiel Prior

A plate in mezzotint, More frightened than hurt, after James Bateman (1814–1849), was an isolated experiment.

[1] In later life Prior lived in Calais, to be near his son who had settled there, and taught drawing.

[1] In his early career, Prior made plates of landscapes for publishers.

[2] After Turner, he went on to engrave:[1] Other works for the Vernon Gallery were Ruins in Italy, after Richard Wilson; De Tabley Park and The Council of Horses, after James Ward, and Woodcutting in Windsor Forest, after John Linnell.

Prior also engraved Crossing the Bridge, after Sir Edwin Landseer, and for The Art Journal, pictures in the royal collection:[1] Prior married Emma Sharrow in 1837.