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French Engravers in eighteenth-century London

The Genius and Abilities of the greatest and most rival Nations". French Engravers in eighteenth-century London was published in July 2024.

This study examines the lives and careers of the French-native engravers who left Paris to work in London from the end of the seventeenth-century to the end of the eighteenth century.

It demonstrates how they interacted with the French-speaking community created by recently settled Huguenot artisans and contributed to the transformation and international recognition of a British school of copper-plate engraving in the second half of the century.

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This monograph can be downloaded or read in eBook format:

'The Genius and Abilities of the greatest
and most rival Nations'. French Engravers in eighteenth-century London (
Venezia, 2024)

 

Link to Epublication       ePub.APP

Simon Gribelin (1661–1733)

 

Louis Du Guernier  (1677–1716) 

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Claude Dubosc ou Du Bosc (1682-after 1745)

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Bernard Baron (1695-1762)

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Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin (1698-1755)

 

Simon-François Ravenet (1706-1774)

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Pierre-Charles Canot (1710-1777)

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Edme-Laurent Truchy (c. 1720-1748)

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Antoine Benoist (1721-1770)

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Victor Marie Picot (1745-1802)

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Jean-Marie Delattre (1745-1743)​​​​

© 2026 by Richard Goddard

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