Ignace Fougeron

Ignace Fougeron, also known as Ignatius Fougeron or J. Fougeron, was a British engraver active from 1750 to 1782. He was likely from a Huguenot family living in London.[1]

Works

Fougeron produced a handcolored, accurate engraving of An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara after Thomas Davies, which was published in his Six Views of North American Waterfalls (c.1763–68).[2][3]

References

  1. Hancock, E. Geoffery, ed. (2015). William Hunter's World: The Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-1-4094-4774-0.
  2. "After Captain Thomas Davies (1737–1812): An East View of the Great Cataract of Niagara". Christie's. 1 April 2015.
  3. Dickenson, Victoria (1998). Drawn from Life: Science and Art in the Portrayal of the New World. University of Toronto Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-08020-8073-8.

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