Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822–1895) was a Scottish-born American artist and engraver. He was born in

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, and studied under

Sir William Allan Sir William Allan (178223 February 1850) was a distinguished Scottish historical painter known for his scenes of Russian life. He became president of the Royal Scottish Academy and was made a Royal Academician. Life and work Allan was born ...

before moving to

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in 1841. He specialised in

mezzotint Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the '' intaglio'' family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzotint achieves tonali ...

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Alexander Hay Ritchie at the Bridgeman Art Library
of the first reading of Lincoln's

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1822 births 1895 deaths American printmakers British emigrants to the United States Scottish artists {{UK-printmaker-stub