Details for: GRIGNION, Charles
| Name: |
GRIGNION, Charles |
| County: |
London |
| Town: |
London |
| Address(es): |
James St, Covent Gdn. Nx Bull & Last, Kentish Town (1781-1810) |
| Book Trades: |
Engraver/etcher, Print seller |
| Non-Book Trade: |
Not known |
| Trading Dates: |
1738 (before) - 1810 |
| Biographical Dates: |
1717 (date of birth) - 1810 (date of death) |
| Notes: |
Studied in Paris under J P Le Bas. SFIP 451637 (1781). Assoc Chatelet 1753. Name became particularly associated with that of draughtsman Samuel Wale. |
| Sources: |
- Maxted, Ian, The British Book Trades 1775-1787: an index to insurance policies (Exeter Working Paper No. 8)
- Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)
Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984) - Bicknell, Peter, The Picturesque Scenery of the Lake District, 1752-1855 (Winchester, 1990)
Extra source information - 1- Alexander, David, ' "Alone worth treble the price": Illustrations in Eighteenth century English Magazines', in A Millennium of the Book: Production, Design and Illustration in Manuscript and Print before 1800, eds. Myers, Robin & Harris, Michael (Winchester, 1994), pp.107-133.
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