'The Celebrated Promoter of the Arts Alderman Boydell'. From 'The Wonderful Museum'. Small mark at top, some marks and soiling outside the platemark. With descriptive text. John Boydell (1720–1804) was an 18th-century British publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. Boydell was alderman of Cheap ward in 1782, master of the Stationers' Company in 1783, sheriff of London in 1785, and Lord Mayor of London in 1790.