French Engravers in eighteenth-century London

A third study appeared in July 2024 with the title, "The Genius and Abilities of the greatest and most rival Nations". French Engravers in eighteenth-century London.

This 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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