John Henry Le Keux (23 March 1812 – 4 February 1896) was an English architectural engraver and draughtsman.

Life

The son of

John Le Keux John Le Keux (4 June 1783 – 2 April 1846) was a British engraver. Life Born in Sun Street, Bishopsgate, London, on 4 June 1783, and baptised at St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, in September of that year, he was son of Peter Le Keux and Anne Dyer ...

, he was born in Argyll Street, Euston Road, London, on 23 March 1812, and studied under James Basire III. He then worked for a time as assistant to his father. Between 1853 and 1865 Le Keux exhibited architectural drawings at the Royal Academy. About 1864 he moved to Durham, and acted as manager to Messrs. Andrews, a firm of publishers with which his wife was connected. He died at Durham on 4 February 1896, and was buried in St Nicholas' Church.

Works

Le Keux engraved plates for architectural works, including: *

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'' and '' The Stones of Venice''; * John Weale, ''Studies and Examples of English Architecture'', Travellers' Club, 1839; * Charles Henry Hartshorne, ''Illustrations of Alnwick, Prudhoe, and Warkworth'', 1857; and * John Henry Parker, ''Mediæval Architecture of Chester'', 1858. The Norwegian government employed him to execute 31 plates of Trondheim cathedral. He contributed papers on mediæval arms and armor to the ''Journal of the Archæological Institute'' and other publications. His last work was the ''Oxford Almanack'' for 1870.

References

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Keux, John Henry 1812 births 1896 deaths English engravers Draughtsmen