— about 55 years ago
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1824-01-28 |
William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40) |
1964-10-08 |
Gilroy Roberts becomes first US chief engraver to retire (than die) |
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
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 |
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, soldier/chemist/engraver/mathematician, commander in the English Civil War and first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, (d. 1682) |
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 |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
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 |
