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
WALKER, Anthony. b. Salisbury 1726; d. London 1765. Line
(Pupil of Tinney.) and etching.
WALKER, William. b. Thirsk 1729; d. Clerkenwell 1793.
(Pupil of his Line; introduced the process of
brother Anthony.) rebiting into the practice of etching.
*CUNEGO, Domenico. b. Verona 1727; d. Rome 1794. Line. Came
to England and engraved some plates
for the Boydells.
GREENWOOD, John. b. Boston, America, 1729; d. Margate
1792. Mezzotint, etching, and painter.
Afterwards became an auctioneer.
SPILSBURY, John. b. 1730; d. London 1795. Mezzotint.
Portrait painter. Gained premiums for
mezzotint 1761 and 1763 from Society
of Arts; also printseller.
DAWE, Philip. d. c. 1802. Mezzotint and painter, said
to have worked under Hogarth. Was a
pupil of the painter Henry Morland.
BASIRE, James. b. 1730; d. London 1802. Line. His
(Pupil of Richd. father Isaac, his son James, and his
Dalton, a grandson James, were also engravers.
draughtsman and
engraver of
moderate note.)
TAYLOR, Isaac. b. Worcester 1730; d. 1807. Line. His
son Isaac was also an engraver.
FISHER, Edward. b. Ireland 1730; d. London c. 1785.
Mezzotint.
FINLAYSON, John. b. c. 1730; d. c. 1776. Mezzotint.
Resided in London. Gained premiums
from Society of Arts 1764 and 1773.
*HAID, Johann Gottfried. b. Wurtemburg 1730; d. 1776. Mezzotint.
(Pupil of his father, Came to England when young, and worked
J. Jacob Haid.) for Boydell, afterwards returning to
Germany. His father, Johann Jacob, and
his brother, Johann Elias, were also
good mezzotinters.
*JACOBE, Johann. b. Vienna 1733; d. 1797. Came to London
to learn mezzotint, engraved some fine
plates, 1779-80, and then returned to
Vienna.
PETHER, William. b. Carlisle 1731; d. 1821. Mezzotint.
(Pupil of Thomas Frye.) Painter in oil and miniature
draughtsman.
WOOLLETT, William. b. Maidstone 1735; d. London 1785. Line.
(Pupil of Tinney.)
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