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18th-century copper engravers

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Adam BartschAuthor · BooksJohann Adam Bernhard Ritter von Bartsch (17 August 1757 – 21 August 1821) was an Austrian scholar and artist.
Aert SchoumanEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Aart Schouman, selfportrait, 1730
Antoine-Laurent CastellanEngraver · PrintsIllustration — General Aubert Dubayet with French officers being received by the Grand Vizier in 1796, painting from 1797.
Carlo Antonio PorporatiEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Carlo Antonio Porporati, self-portrait
Caspar Jacobsz PhilipsEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Etching of Caspar Jacobsz Philips
Christian Gottlieb GeyserEngraver · PrintsChristian Gottlieb Geyser (20 August 1742, in Görlitz – 24 March 1803, in Leipzig) was a German painter and copper engraver.
Cristoforo Dall'AcquaEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs by Cristoforo Dall'Acqua, Amsterdam University Library; design based on earlier print by William Blake
Edward FisherEngraver · PrintsEdward Fisher (1730–c.1785) was an Irish-born mezzotint engraver, mostly of portraits, working in London.
Eric PaulsenArtist · PaintingsErik Pauelsen (2 or 14 October 1749 – 20 February 1790) was a Danish painter. He is most notable for his landscapes and was also a popular portraitist.
Faustino AnderloniEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Illustration from The Main Eye Diseases by Scarpa
Ferdinand KobellArtist · PaintingsFerdinand Kobell (7 June 1740, Mannheim – 1 February 1799, Munich) was a German painter and copper engraver.
Francesco PiranesiDesigner · DesignFrancesco Piranesi (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko piraˈneːzi; -eːsi]; 1758/59 – 23 January 1810) was an Italian engraver, etcher and architect.
George RichardsonDesigner · DesignIllustration — West end of Holy Trinity Church, Teigh
Giovanni Battista CiprianiArtist · PaintingsGiovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 – 14 December 1785) was an Italian painter and engraver, who lived in England from 1755. He is also called Giuseppe Cipriani by some authors.
Hendrik PothovenEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Buitenhof during the Hague circus, view towards the Gevangenpoort, 1781
Henry PelhamAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — A Boy with a Flying Squirrel, a 1765 portrait of Pelham by his half-brother John Singleton Copley
Jacob HübnerIllustrator · IllustrationJacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Jacques-Nicolas BellinAuthor · Maps and atlasesJacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772) was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the "philosophes".
Jacques-Nicolas TardieuEngraver · PrintsJacques-Nicolas Tardieu, called "Tardieu fils" or "Tardieu the younger", (2 September 1716 – 9 July 1791) was a French engraver.
Jan BulthuisArtist · PaintingsIllustration — West-Indisch Huis in Middelburg by Jan Bulthuis, Westfries Museum
Jean-Baptiste PerronneauArtist · PaintingsJean-Baptiste Perronneau (ʒɑ̃ batist pɛʁɔno; c. 1716 – 19 November 1783) was a French Rococo painter and draughtsman, best known for his portrait pastels.
Jean-Joseph-François TassaertEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Arrestation de Robespierre (Arrest of Robespierre) — At the centre of the image, Gendarme Merda fires at Maximilien Robespierre
Jean-Michel MoreauEngraver · PrintsJean-Michel Moreau (26 March 1741 – 30 November 1814), also called Moreau le Jeune ("the younger"), was a French draughtsman, illustrator and engraver.
Johan Frederik ClemensArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Johan Frederik Clemens as painted by Jens Juel in Paris 1776/1777.
Johann Joachim FaberEngraver · PrintsIllustration — Rocca di Papa
John CurtisIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Curtis (3 September 1791 – 6 October 1862) was an English entomologist and illustrator.
Joseph Bergler the YoungerIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Joseph Bergler by Franz Nadorp, 1823
Juan de la Cruz Cano y OlmedillaAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — South America map by Juan de la Cruz, 1775
Louis-Jacques CathelinEngraver · PrintsLouis-Jacques Cathelin (1738–1804) was a French engraver.
Madeleine Françoise BasseporteArtist · PaintingsMadeleine Françoise Basseporte, (fʁɑ̃swaz baspɔʁt; 28 April 1701 – 6 September 1780) was a French painter.
Natale SchiavoniEngraver · PrintsNatale Schiavoni (25 April 1777 – 15 April 1858) was an Italian painter and engraver, specializing in history and portraits. Many of his paintings depict seductive nubile women.
Nikolaus SimrockPerson · Music memorabiliaNikolaus Simrock (23 August 1751 in Mainz – 12 June 1832 in Bonn) was a German horn player at the court of the Elector of Cologne in Bonn and a music publisher.
Pierre Alexandre TardieuAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Portrait of Pierre Alexandre Tardieu by Ingres, circa 1825 (Art Institute of Chicago)
Pierre-Alexandre AvelineIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — L'Enseigne de Gersaint, after Antoine Watteau, 1732, Hermitage Museum, Saint-Petersburg
Pierre-Antoine DemachyArtist · PaintingsIllustration — A Temple in Ruins
Salomon GessnerIllustrator · IllustrationSalomon Gessner (1 April 1730 – 2 March 1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher, and poet, best known in the latter instance for his Idylls.
Thomas BewickEngraver · PrintsThomas Bewick (c. 11 August 1753 – 8 November 1828) was an English wood-engraver and natural history author.
Thomas KitchinAuthor · Maps and atlasesThomas Kitchin (also Kitchen; 1718–1784) was an English engraver and cartographer, who became hydrographer to the king. He was also a writer, who wrote about the history of the West Indies.
Valentine GreenEngraver · PrintsIllustration — 1788 portrait of Green by Lemuel Francis Abbott

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