Robert Mitchell (engraver)

Robert Mitchell (19 May 1820 – 16 May 1873) was an English engraver, son of the engraver James Mitchell. He died at Bromley, Kent.[1]

Works

Mitchell engraved in mezzotint Tapageur, a fashionable Member of the Canine Society, after Sir Edwin Landseer, 1852, and The Parish Beauty and The Pastor's Pet, a pair after Alfred Rankley, 1853 and 1854. In the mixed style he engraved The Happy Mothers and The Startled Twins, a pair after Richard Ansdell, R.A., 1850, and Christ walking on the Sea, after Robert Scott Lauder, 1854. Several of his etched plates were completed in mezzotint by other engravers.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Mitchell, James (1791-1852)". Dictionary of National Biography 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Mitchell, James (1791-1852)". Dictionary of National Biography 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, May 23, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.