Thomas Sulman (c.1834 – 1900) was an English architectural draftsman.
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Sulman studied at The Working Men's College between 1854 and 1858, where he was a student of, and later an engraver for, Dante Gabriel Rossetti;[1][2][3] he was influenced by the positivist thinkers at the college.[4]
He became a specialist in using balloons to produce birds-eye views of cities including London, Oxford, Glasgow and New York City. These views, as hand-coloured engravings produced with the help of London engraver Robert Loudan Sr., were featured in The Illustrated London News from the 1860s, and were sometimes produced to a fold-out six foot length.[5]
In 1891 he produced high-level views of major London thoroughfares for Herbert Fry's London: Illustrated by Twenty Bird's Eye Views of the Principal Streets[6][7] engraved by George William Ruffle (1838–1901).
Sulman drew and engraved images for newspaper and magazine advertisements, including one for Beethams Glycerine and Cucumber showing a young woman with toiletries. He illustrated for The Boy’s Own Annual in the 1880s.
References edit
- ^ "Thomas Sulman: The Rossetti Archive - Mary in the House of St. John". Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Thomas Sulman: The Rossetti Archive - Two Lovers Embracing". Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Thomas Sulman: The Rossetti Archive - Jan Van Eyck's Studio". Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ J. F. C. Harrison ,A History of the Working Men's College (1854-1954), Routledge Kegan Paul, 1954
- ^ "The Illustrated London News 1861: London from the South Side of the Thames". Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "London: Illustrated by Twenty Bird's Eye Views of the Principal Streets". Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Anne Helmreich. "Manchester University Press: The Art Dealer and Taste" (PDF). p. 36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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