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McArdell, James
(b Dublin, ?1728; d London, 1 June 1765). Irish engraver. In 1746 he moved to London with his master, the engraver John Brooks ( fl 1730–56), in order to further his artistic career. By 1750 he had branched out on his own, determined to make a living as a mezzotint engraver. His success soon attracted a group of his Dublin friends to London, and with the arrival of Richard Houston, Charles Spooner (1720–67) and Richard Purcell (d 1766) a group of Irish engravers began to become established. In the course of his career McArdell engraved about 200 mezzotints after other artists, nearly all of which are portraits. Early acclaim for his work was for such prints as Lord John and Lord Bernard Stuart, after Anthony van Dyck, and Elizabeth Hamilton, Comtesse de Grammont, after Peter Lely. He also produced prints after Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, William Hogarth and others.
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