Identifier: dictionaryofpain02brya (find matches)
Title: Dictionary of painters and engravers
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Bryan, Michael, 1757-1821 Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942
Subjects: Painters Engravers
Publisher: London, G. Bell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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our painting after a journeyin the Tyrol, and through mooting the French artistLegros, in 1861, was induced to take up etching,on which his reputation chiefly rests. Ilis worksappeared at the Royal Academy, and at the DudleyGallery. Amongst his best productions may becited a series of etchings of English Inns. Hedied in London in 1879. EDWARDS, Gkorge, a natural history draughts-man, was born at Stratford, in Essex, in 1694.From 1716 to 1731 he travelled much in Holland,Norway, Belgium, and France in pursuit of his art.In 17.33 he was appointed librarian to the Collegeof Phjsicians. In 1747-51 he puhlisheil A NaturalHifitory of uncommon Birds and Animals, andin 1758-64 Gleanings of Natural History. Heretired to Plaistow, where he died in 1773. EDWARDS.Sydknham, adraughtsm.an of animalsand flowers, was born about 17G8. He exhibitedat the Royal Academy from 1792 to 1813. He pub-lished Cynographia Britannica, 1800, the Nev/Jflora Britannica, 1812, and founded the Botanical •j: J) O<
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I I 5 ;. «.^ rAlNTKUS AND ENOIUVKILS. D«fift«r in 1815. He alto nixie ilrnwiup forB«e«i C\.Kin-.il.i. ilie Klorn LuiiJiiiriiBiH, tlio Bouiiicn ■ Will Uie S;>urUiu»n« Maga- kiiie. ii I loiiii^iton in 181J. EDWIN, Daviii, au Anierionn enjjraver, wasborn at Hath, iu En;;liin(l, in 1776. Ho wim tlio•on of Jolm bMwiu, a oi-lrbralMl coiuio actor, anJwas aj>i>miliit>d to an eujjraver, but ho ran awiiyto «ea, anJ rvailicii Annrioa in 1797. Tlierv howaa empKiyeJ hy Edward S:iv«(;f, tlie portraitpainter, and soon gaint^d niudi reputation hy liisportraits. Aftpr twenty youra work hia Bit,litlailod, and he waa i-uuipellod to resort to variousnieana in orvler to obljiiu u livelihood. Ho di«i atIhiladelphia in 1841. EECKK, (aluxs Eeckklb,) Jam van. He settledin Itrugca in IbM, and wnS iiduiilliHl ax luiisterpainter into the Uuild v( Saint Luke in Septemberof that year. He lirld the oflice of viuder inI642A 1648-9, 1561-2 and 1657-«. He died inNovember 1661, and wiis burie

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