Details for: BASIRE, James II
| Name: |
BASIRE, James II |
| County: |
London |
| Town: |
London |
| Address(es): |
Fetter La (1760). 34 Gt Queen St, Lincolns Inn Fields (1763-1802) |
| Book Trades: |
Engraver/etcher, Engraver/etcher (maps), Stationer |
| Non-Book Trade: |
Not known |
| Trading Dates: |
1760 - 1802 |
| Biographical Dates: |
1730 (date of birth) - 1802 (date of death) |
| Notes: |
SFIP 466209 (1782). Son of Isaac B & father of & master of James B III. Apprenticed to Richard William Seale; FSC 1752. Master of William Blake 1772; & many others. Successor to George Vertue as engraver to Society of Antiquaries c1760 |
| 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) - Maxted, Ian, The British Book Trades 1775-1787: an index to insurance policies (Exeter Working Paper No. 8)
- Worms, Laurence, British Map Engravers (work in progress)
- Society of Genealogists, Lists of Masters and Apprentices, c.1711-1762
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