John Charles Bromley
John Charles Bromley (1795 – 3 April 1839) was an English mezzotint engraver.
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John Charles Bromley
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- Name
- John Charles Bromley
- Born
- 1795
- Died
- 3 April 1839
- Occupation
- Engraver
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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• Name — John Charles Bromley • Born — 1795 • Died — 3 April 1839 • Occupation — Engraver
Documentary record
John Charles Bromley (1795 – 1839) is described as a copperplate engraver in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Biography
Biography
Bromley was born in 1795. He engraved the work of artists such as J. M. W. Turner and Thomas Girtin. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1827 and 1829. Bromley died on 3 April 1839 of "water on the chest". His father William Bromley was an engraver, as was his brother James Bromley. His son, William Bromley III, was a painter. Another son, Frederick Bromley, was an engraver.
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John Charles Bromley was born in Chelsea, United Kingdom (1795) and died in London, United Kingdom (1839).
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Identity
John Charles Bromley is recorded as engraver, illustrator and painter.
Peter Bell by Wordsworth 1st ed frontispiece illustration
J. C. Bromley
Robert Liston. Mezzotint by J. C. Bromley, 1839, after F. Grant. Iconographic Collections
https: Gallery: https: Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-04-02)
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1795
John Charles Bromley born.
1839
John Charles Bromley died.
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