Ignace Fougeron, also known as Ignatius Fougeron or J. Fougeron, was a British engraver active from 1750 to 1782. He was likely from a

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London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

Works

Fougeron produced a handcolored, accurate engraving of ''

An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara ''An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara'' is a historic watercolour of Niagara Falls painted on site by Thomas Davies (–1812) in 1762. It was the first eyewitness painting and the first accurate view of the falls. History Thomas Dav ...

'' after Thomas Davies, which was published in his ''Six Views of North American Waterfalls'' (–68). File:An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara - engraving.jpg, ''

'' (–68), after Thomas Davies File:Sir Francis Drake. Line engraving by J. Fougeron. Wellcome V0001664.jpg, ''

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'', line engraving File:Bishop's House with the Ruins.jpg, ''A View of the Bishop's House with the Ruins as they appear in going down the Hill from the Upper to the Lower

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'' (1761), after Richard Short

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Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

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