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James Malcolm was the son of Moses and Mary (Peller) Malcom and was born in August 1767 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Miscellaneous Anecdotes Illustrative of the Manners and History of Europe, During the Reigns of Charles II., James II., William III., And Q. Anne (Classic Reprint)
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James Peller Malcolm
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Malcolm began his education in the Friends' School, then presided over by Robert Proud. His great-grandfather, James Peller, came over in the ship with William Penn, returned with him to England, but later settled with his family in Pennsylvania. Malcolm never ceased to remember that he had been born a British subject, and continued Loyalist until his death, spending the last half of his life in England.
Because of the dangers expected of the Revolution he was taken to Pottstown, Pennsylvania, just before the struggle resulted in open warfare, and there his education was continued. He returned to Philadelphia after the war was ended, in 1784, and there he began to devote himself to the study of art. Having a natural aptitude for drawing, he entered the field of engraving.
His first published engraving was the frontispiece for Col. John Parke's Lyric Works of Horace, which he engraved in line after a sketch by Peter Markoe in 1786. This example is good neither technically nor artistically, but it displayed promise. Under the patronage of the Rev. Jacob Duché and Thomas Willing of Philadelphia Malcolm went to England. He studied three years in the schools of the Royal Academy.
Career
Malcolm's engraving of a view of Bush Hill, the seat of William Hamilton, was published in the Universal Magazine, London, in 1787. In England Malcolm made illustrations for the magazines, especially for the Gentleman's Magazine. He is thought to have returned to Philadelphia in 1792 or 1793, though in his own autobiography in the Gentleman's Magazine (May 1815), he makes no mention of ever having visited his native land.
Originally, he intended to become a painter, but after his course in the Royal Academy schools, he received no encouragement and began to devote himself to engraving plates for the London magazines, and to compiling books. For Daniel Lysons' Environs of London, he engraved seventy-nine plates.
When his Manners and Customs of London in the Eighteenth Century reached a second edition in 1810, he seized the opportunity to refute his critics by pointing out that for both text and illustrations he had used the great collection of John Nichols, the antiquary.
During the last three years of his life, he was ill, and his funds were exhausted. When he died his widow and aged mother were left destitute.
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Excursions in the Counties of Kent, Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, and Somerset, in the Years 1802, 1803, and 1805: Illustrated by Descriptive ... the Cathedrals of Canterbury, Gloucester, H
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Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
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An Historical Sketch of the Art of Caricaturing
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Miscellaneous Anecdotes Illustrative of the Manners and History of Europe, During the Reigns of Charles II., James II., William III., And Q. Anne (Classic Reprint)
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Londinium redivivum: or, An antient history and modern description of London
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Excursions in the Counties of Kent, Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, and Somerset, in the Years 1802, 1803, and 1805: Illustrated by Descriptive ... the Cathedrals of Canterbury, Gloucester, H
Personality
As an engraver Malcolm was careful and painstaking in the interests of accuracy, but his art lacked inspiration.
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