Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and HistoryDelaborde, Henri, comte
History
Engraving: Its Origin, Processes, and History
Delaborde, Henri, comte
Engravers -- Great Britain; Engraving -- Great Britain; Engraving -- History
FRYE, Thomas. b. near Dublin 1710; d. London 1760.
Mezzotinter and portrait painter,
chiefly lifesize.
BROOKS, John. b. Ireland; d. London. Line and
mezzotint. Master of McArdell and R.
Houston. Left Dublin c. 1747, and set
up a china manufactory at Battersea.
McARDELL, James. b. Dublin c. 1729; d. London 1765.
(Pupil of John Brooks, Mezzotint. First made use of deep
Dublin.) etching to give effect to the method.
*CANOT, Peter b. France 1710; d. London 1777. Line;
Charles, A.E. chiefly sea views. Came to England
1740, where he remained for the rest
of his life.
CHATELAINE, John Baptiste b. London 1710; d. London 1771. Line and
Claude. draughtsman. Of French Protestant
parentage. Master of Vivares, for whom
also he worked later on.
*VIVARES, Francis. b. France 1709; d. London 1780. Line;
(Pupil of Chatelaine.) landscape engraver. Came to London at
the age of eighteen.
TINNEY, John. d. 1761. Practised in London 1740-50, in
line and mezzotint; chiefly known as
master of Woollett, Anthony Walker,
and John Browne.
MAJOR, Thomas, A.E. b. 1720; d. London 1799. Line. First
Associate engraver of the Royal
Academy.
COOPER, Richard. b. Yorkshire; d. Edinburgh 1764. Line
and mezzotint. Practised in Edinburgh
in 1730, and was the master of Strange.
STRANGE, Sir Robert. b. Pomona, Orkney, 1721; d. London 1792.
(Pupil of Richard Line.
Cooper, of
Edinburgh.)
HOUSTON, Richard. b. Ireland 1721; d. London 1775.
(Pupil of John Brooks, Mezzotint.
of Dublin.)
BAILLIE, William, b. Ireland 1723; d. 1810. Etching and
Captain. mezzotint. Came to London 1741. Some
years in the army.
*BARTOLOZZI, Francis, b. Florence 1725; d. Lisbon 1815.
R.A. Stipple and line. Came to England
(Pupil of Joseph 1764, remaining here till 1802.
Wagner, of Venice.)
OGBORNE, John. b. London c. 1725; d. c. 1795. Stipple
(Pupil of Bartolozzi.) and line.
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