Samuel Loxton

For the Australian cricketer, see Sam Loxton.

Samuel J. Loxton (born 1857 in Bristol; died 5 February 1922)^[1] was an English illustrator and artist who worked primarily in Bristol and the west of England for regional newspapers.

Samuel Loxton
Born	1857 Bristol
Died	5 February 1922 Bristol
Employer	Western Daily Press
Known for	Illustrator and artist

Life

A 1919 Loxton illustration of Hotwells Halt railway station.

Loxton began his career as a draughtsman for the Ordnance Survey Department but from c.1890 he contributed black and white drawings to the Bristol Observer, The Western Daily Press and the Bristol Evening News. He was best known for his architectural drawings.^[2] He worked closely with the Bristol journalist and editor of the Daily Press, George Frederick Stone, with whom he produced a popular series of historical articles for the Observer.^[3]

Loxton died on 5 February 1922 following a period of ill health and was buried in Canford Cemetery, Westbury-on-Trym, leaving a widow and two grown up daughters.^[2]

Illustrations

Many of Loxton illustrations of Bristol were republished in a contemporary history of the city published in 1909 with George F. Stone.^[4] Eighty of his illustrations of Edwardian Bristol were republished in print form in 1992.^[5]

About 2,000 of Loxton's original drawings were left to Bristol Central Library.^[6] The library have scanned these and made copies of them available on its Flikr site,^[7] at resolutions ranging up to c. 200 KB. The Bristol Record Society produced higher-resolution scans of some of the images (up to 6 MB), taken from Stone's volume.^[4] These have been uploaded to Wikimedia. Many of these images are included below in the gallery: 'Loxton's images of Bristol'.

• Gallery: Loxton's images of Bristol
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  Clifton Suspension Bridge under construction c.1861
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  Clifton Suspension Bridge under construction c.1861
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  Clifton Suspension Bridge finishing construction c.1861
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  Newspaper illustration Council House, 1893
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  Bristol Council House Chamber 1899
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  Arching Broad Weir 1907
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  St Augustines Bridge 1908
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  Colston Avenue 1905
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  Colston Avenue, Bristol 1907
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  Bristol Bridge from Welsh Back 1908
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  Redcliffe Church and cranes 1908
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  Bristol Bridge traffic 1908
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  The 'Dungeon' at Bristol Castle
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  Disease prevention in Bristol, newspaper illustration, 1900
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  Avonmouth Hospital Ship ward 1895
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  Ham Green Isolation Hospitals, 1897
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  Hospital Ship Avonmouth 1895
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  Floating Harbour, Bristol, Frome 1908
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  Jacobs Wells baths 1904
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  Jacobs Wells baths interior 1904
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  St Thomas church, Bristol interior 1905
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  Bristol public library 1889
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  Charity work among sailors Bristol 1892
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  Highbury Chapel interior 1902
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  Redland Park congregational chapel interior 1902
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  Synagogue interior, Park Row, Bristol, 1896
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  Synagogue, Park Row, Bristol, 1896
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  Bethel Ship, Bristol, 1892
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  Western Daily Press offices, 1858
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  Western College, Bristol, 1906
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  Western College, Bristol, staircase, 1906
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  Western College, Bristol, Hall, 1906
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  Christmas Steps, Bristol, 1903
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  Christmas Steps, top, 1905
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  Blackboy Inn, Bristol, 1896
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  Blackboy Hill, 1904
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  King's Arms, Blackboy Hill, 1888
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  Portishead Dock, 1906
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  Portishead timber wharf, 1904
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  Portishead Pier, 1906
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  Avonmouth, 1894
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  Avonmouth lighthouse, 1891
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  St Augustine's church, 1905
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  Consistory Court, 1908
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  Three stages in travel, newspaper illustration, 1908
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  Gas House Ferry, 1905
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  Tram depot, 1908
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  Old Bedminster Bridge, 1908
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  Bedminster Bridge, 1908
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  Welsh Back ferry, 1905
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  Bristol Bridge from the east, 1908
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  Harbour and Redcliffe Back, 1904
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  Riverside industries, St Philips, 1908
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  The Grove, Bristol harbour, 1907
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  Transit Shed on the Grove, 1908
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  Bristol Harbour from Redcliffe Back, 1907
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  St Nicholas Church, 1908
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  St John's Ambulance carriage, 1905
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  Bristol Royal Infirmary, 1893
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  St Peter's Hospital, new board room, 1901
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  The Read Dispensary, 1907
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  St Peter's Hospital, Old Board Room, 1908
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  Training-ship Formidable, Portishead, 1906
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  Nautical School, Portishead 1906
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  Red Lodge Reformatory, 1889
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  Park Row Industrial School 1895
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  Mary-le-port Street, 1889
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  Bristol Telephone Exchange, 1894
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  Pinnel Street, St Judes, 1907
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  The Read Dispensary, interior, 1907
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  Bridewell Street police station, 1894
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  Shop in King's Street, 1906
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  Gaol on the New Cut, 1903
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  Gaol on the New Cut, interior, 1908
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  Bridewell Prison, 1906
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  Horfield Prison, 1908
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  Old House in Corn Street, 1908
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  Pile Street School, 1897
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  Muller's orphanage, 1895
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  Bristol Police in 19th century
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  St Philip's Library News Room 1896
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  St Philip's Library, 1908