Adams, Clement (c. 1519–1587), schoolmaster and map engraver, was born at Buckington, Warwickshire. He was educated at Eton between 1530 and 1536, and subsequently at the King's Hall, Cambridge. From 17 August 1536 he was tutored in classics, mathematics, and geometry at Cambridge...
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Adams, Clement (c. 1519–1587), schoolmaster and map engraver
R. C. D. Baldwin
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Aikman, George (1830–1905), painter and engraver
Joanna Soden
Aikman, George (1830–1905), painter and engraver, was born in Warriston Close, off the High Street, Edinburgh, on 20 May 1830, the ninth child of George Aikman, engraver, and Alison Mackay (d. in or before 1859), his wife. His father had been an engraver for ...
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Alken family (per. 1745–1894), engravers and painters
Timothy Clayton and Anita McConnell
Alken family (per. 1745–1894), engravers and painters, may have originated in Denmark, perhaps from the village of Alken in north Jutland. According to family tradition they moved to England to escape the political disturbances during the reign of King Christian VII. However, the first representative to reach ...
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Alken, Samuel (1756–1815)
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Allen, George (1832–1907), engraver and publisher
E. T. Cook
revised by David Wootton
Allen, George (1832–1907), engraver and publisher, was born on 26 March 1832 at Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, the son of John Allen (1799–1848), a publican, and his wife, Rebecca, née Wilson (bap. 1795, d. 1878). He was educated at a private grammar school in ...
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Allen, George (1832–1907)
Maker: Fred Yates
George Allen (1832–1907) by Fred Yates, 1890 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Allen, James Baylis (1803–1876), engraver
B. Hunnisett
Allen, James Baylis (1803–1876), engraver, was born in Birmingham on 18 April 1803, the son of Joseph Allen, a button manufacturer, and his wife, Elizabeth Bayless. As a boy, he followed his father's business but about 1818 he was articled to his elder brother ...
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Allen, James Charles (bap. 1790?, d. 1833), engraver
B. Hunnisett
Allen, James Charles (bap. 1790
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Anderson, John (1775–1808?), wood-engraver
See Bewick, Thomas, apprentices
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Andrews, Henry Cranke (1758/9–1835), botanical artist and engraver
Susanna Avery-Quash
Andrews, Henry Cranke (1758/9–1835), botanical artist and engraver, is an elusive figure; little is known of his family background or education, and he has been widely misnamed as Henry Charles Andrews. When he married, on 18 October 1801 at St Margaret’s, Westminster, Ann Kennedy...
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Angier [Angiers], Paul (1723–1757), engraver and printseller
Timothy Clayton and Anita McConnell
Angier [Angiers], Paul (1723–1757), engraver and printseller, was born on 27 November 1723 and baptized in Southwark, London, on 3 December, the son of William Angier (d. 1729), a draper of Cheapside, and his wife, Elizabeth. In 1739 he was apprenticed to the engraver and printseller ...
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Annesley, Lady Mabel Marguerite (1881–1959)
Maker: Lafayette
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Lady Mabel Marguerite Annesley (1881–1959) by Lafayette, 1898 [detail] V&A Images, The Victoria and Albert Museum
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Annesley, Lady Mabel Marguerite (1881–1959), wood-engraver and watercolour painter
Joanna Selborne
Annesley, Lady Mabel Marguerite (1881–1959), wood-engraver and watercolour painter, was born on 25 February 1881, at Annesley Lodge, Regent's Park, London, the daughter of Hugh Annesley, fifth Earl Annesley (1831–1908), lieutenant-colonel in the Scots Fusilier Guards and landowner, and his wife, Mabel Wilhelmina Frances Markham, ...
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Armstrong, Cosmo (1771/2–1847), engraver
R. E. Graves
revised by Asia Haut
Armstrong, Cosmo (1771/2–1847), engraver, was born in Birmingham. He was apprenticed in 1787 to John Gyde, a London engraver, and then, in 1792, to the landscape engraver Thomas Milton (c.1745–1827), with whom he remained for five years. Armstrong specialized in historical and landscape engraving in the line manner, his first important work being a series of plates for ...
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Artlett, Richard Austin (1807–1873), engraver
R. E. Graves
revised by Asia Haut
Artlett, Richard Austin (1807–1873), engraver, was born on 9 November 1807 and baptized the following day at West Wittering, Sussex, the son of Richard Artlett (bap. 1781, d. 1846) and his wife, Mary, née Gadd (1789–1887). He was initially apprenticed to ...
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Ashby, Harry (bap. 1744, d. 1818), engraver
Thompson Cooper
revised by Colin J. S. Davies
Ashby, Harry (bap. 1744, d. 1818), engraver, was baptized Harry on 8 April 1744 at Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire, the second son of Robert Ashbee (c.1716–c.1799) and his wife, Sarah, née Gardiner (b. c.1715). Ashby was originally apprenticed to a ...
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Atkinson, John Augustus (1774x6–1830), painter and engraver
Alan Bird
Atkinson, John Augustus (1774x6–1830), painter and engraver, was the son of Mary, who, after the death of Atkinson’s father, married the mezzotint engraver James Walker, with whom she had further children, Marianne (b. 1781) and Thomas He was taken as a boy aged eight or nine to ...
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Audinet, Philip (1766–1837), engraver
R. E. Graves
revised by Asia Haut
Audinet, Philip (1766–1837), engraver, was baptized on 7 December 1766 at St Anne's, Soho, the son of Philip Audinet and his wife, Elizabeth. He was descended from a French family who emigrated to England at the revocation of the edict of Nantes. After having served his apprenticeship with the distinguished engraver ...
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Austin, Robert Sargent (1895–1973), engraver and watercolour painter
Peter Black
Austin, Robert Sargent (1895–1973), engraver and watercolour painter, was born on 23 June 1895 at 14 Magazine Square, Leicester, the eldest of the three children of >Robert Henry Percy Slade Austin (1869–1947), a cabinet-maker, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Smith (...
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Austin, Robert Sargent (1895–1973)
Maker: Robert Sargent Austin
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Robert Sargent Austin (1895–1973) self-portrait, 1921 [Portrait of the Artist] © Copyright The British Museum
