Samuel 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.

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]

Many of Loxton illustrations of Bristol were republished in a contemporary history of the city published in 1909 with George F. Stone.^[4] Some 2000 of his works are catalogued in the Bristol Central Library.^[5] Eighty of his illustrations of Edwardian Bristol were republished in 1992.^[6]

• Gallery: Loxton's images of Bristol
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  Clifton Suspension bridge under construction
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  Clifton Suspension Bridge under construction c.1861
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  Clifton Suspension Bridge finishing construction
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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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  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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