Clara Rhinoceros from Bernhard Siegfried Albinus TAB IV - 1749

Charles Grignion the Elder (1721–1810) was a British engraver and draughtsman. Grignion was born in

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refugees. He was a prolific historical engraver and book illustrator. He studied in London at

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's school in

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. He also engraved the earliest record of a

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match, published in the

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in 1748. In 1754, his nephew

Charles Grignion the Younger Charles Grignion the Younger (1754–1804) was a British history and portrait painter and engraver. Biography Grignion was born in London. His uncle was the prolific engraver Charles Grignion the Elder. He died in Livorno Livorno () is a po ...

was born. His nephew, in turn, became a history and portrait painter.

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1721 births 1810 deaths Artists from London 18th-century English people 18th-century engravers {{England-artist-stub