Joseph Wilson Lowry

Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803–1879) was an English engraver.

"Joseph Lowry" redirects here. For the American minister and civil rights leader, see Joseph Lowery. For the Australian footballer, see Joe Lowrey.

He was the son of Wilson Lowry and his second wife Rebecca Delvalle and was born on 7 October 1803. He was trained by his father and from both parents inherited a taste for science and mathematics; in his work he specialised in scientific subjects. He died, unmarried, at his residence, Robert Street, Hampstead Road, London, on 15 June 1879.

Drawing from a description of the atmospheric railway of Samuel Clegg and Joseph Samuda.

He engraved plates for the Encyclopædia Metropolitana and for Sir John Rennie a series of drawings for London Bridge. Other work included John Phillips's Geology of Yorkshire, 1835 and Scott Russell's Naval Architecture, 1865, John Weale's 'Scientific Series' and the journals of the Institution of Naval Architects and the Royal Geographical Society. He later was appointed engraver to the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, as can be seen on their Horizontal and Vertical Sections.

References
  • "Lowry, Joseph Wilson" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.


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