Details for: LANDSEER, John

Name: LANDSEER, John County: London Town: London Address(es): 81 Queen Anne St East (1802). 33 Foley St, Cavendish Sq. 8 Southampton St Book Trades: Engraver/etcher Non-Book Trade: Not known Trading Dates: 1789 (date from imprint) - 1852 Biographical Dates: 1763 ? - 1852 (date of death) Notes: Born 1763 or 1769. Apprenticed to William Byrne. Father of Thomas Landseer, engraver (1795-1880), Sir Edwin, painter (1802-73) & Charles Landseer, painter (1799-1879) Sources: 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 - 22/85 Holden's Triennial Directory, 1802, 1803, & 1804, 3rd edn (London: W. Holden [1802]) Kelly's Post Office Directory of various counties with date Extra source information - 1846

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