Today in Engraver History
Art Topics: Art Collector - Art Critic - Art Dealer - Art Director - Art Historian - Calligrapher - Comic Artist - Etcher - Graphic Artist - Impressionism - Lithographer - Painter - Sculptor - Surrealism
Historical Events
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1824-01-28 - William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)
1964-10-08 - Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st US chief engraver to retire (than die)
Famous Birthdays
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1506-02-11 - Juliana van Stolberg, engraver of Nassau
1564-12-24 - Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver
1571-07-16 - Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized
1593-09-25 - Matthew Merian, the Elder, engraver/bookseller
1595-10-02 - Jacob Louys, Flemish engraver
1598-05-23 - Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
1600-09-27 - John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, baptised
1606-11-22 - Pieter II de Jode, Flemish engraver/publisher
1610-06-03 - Jacob Neefs, Flemish engraver/publisher, baptised
1615-02-23 - Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised
1619-12-17 - Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician
1623-05-30 - Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized
1633-12-18 - Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, baptised
1659-01-21 - Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
1660-04-24 - Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver
1660-12-26 - Peter Schenck, German/Neth engraver/publisher, baptised
1663-07-20 - Pierre Drevet, French engraver
1681-03-30 - Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver
1697-11-10 - William Hogarth, England, satiric painter/engraver (Rake's Progress)
1698-12-25 - Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator
1711-04-02 - Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool)
1712-01-24 - Georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher
1720-08-17 - Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine)
1726-01-04 - Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector
1726-11-30 - Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver
1727-04-03 - Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver
1736-11-11 - Johann H Schepp, German/Neth engraver
1741-06-19 - Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/art collector
1765-04-01 - Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
1775-04-21 - Alexander Anderson, US, engraver/illustrator (Shakespeare)
1779-12-19 - Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, Paris France, engraver
1790-03-14 - Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
1794-08-11 - James Barton Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
1801-05-09 - Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver
1804-09-23 - David Van de Kellen, coin engraver
1815-09-29 - Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver
1824-06-29 - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT Stempels)
1850-04-19 - Edward John Gregory, painter/engraver
1859-02-13 - William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver
1876-03-23 - Muirhead Bone, Glasgow Scotland, etcher/engraver of architecture
1882-02-22 - Eric Gill, England, sculptor/engraver/typographer (Perpetua)
1905-03-05 - Gilroy Roberts, US chief engraver (1948-64)
1909-08-26 - Frank Gasparro, Phila Pa, US chief engraver (1965-81)
1910-08-02 - Lawrence Josset, engraver
1917-06-11 - James Bostock, painter/engraver
Famous Deaths
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1573-02-28 - Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54
1580-06-18 - Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
1605-03-17 - Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
1612-03-14 - Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74
1617-01-01 - Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies
1633-12-18 - Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62
1635-03-24 - Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42
1650-03-29 - Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73
1650-06-19 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
1651-01-13 - Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86
1667-08-27 - Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33
1676-02-14 - Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist
1676-12-20 - John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76
1677-08-28 - Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54
1678-10-18 - Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63
1682-11-29 - Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62
1684-01-05 - Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44
1688-03-09 - Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89
1704-10-01 - Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44
1706-11-13 - Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies
1706-11-16 - Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies
1721-10-02 - Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies
1722-11-12 - Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63
1738-08-09 - Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies
1752-05-04 - Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71
1752-06-14 - Daniel Marot, French/Neth, architect/engraver, dies at about 88
1756-07-24 - George Vertue, engraver, dies
1778-01-04 - Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1779-12-18 - Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68
1780-11-14 - Jacobus Houbraken, engraver/illustrator, dies at 81
1785-05-23 - William Woollett, engraver, dies
1788-05-29 - Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61
1790-09-24 - John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies
1798-12-20 - Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72
1801-05-05 - Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74
1810-06-07 - Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (b. 1765)
1816-01-30 - Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74
1840-08-27 - William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office
1844-07-23 - Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office
1852-02-29 - John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies
1857-02-16 - Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, dies at 77
1857-08-01 - Charles Turner, engraver, dies
1863-04-04 - Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
1879-03-30 - David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74
1879-08-31 - William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies
1882-01-20 - John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies
1883-01-23 - Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832)
1895-04-19 - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
1897-12-29 - William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)
1910-04-01 - Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94
1917-02-18 - Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies
1931-05-17 - Timothy Cole, wood engraver, dies
1947-05-14 - John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
1949-05-16 - William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies
1995-05-07 - Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84
