Details for: BASIRE, James III
| Name: |
BASIRE, James III |
| County: |
London |
| Town: |
London |
| Address(es): |
Queen St, Lincolns Inn (1792-5). 7 Quality Ct, Chancery La (1795-1805) |
| Book Trades: |
Engraver/etcher (copperplate) |
| Non-Book Trade: |
Not known |
| Trading Dates: |
1792 - 1805 |
| Biographical Dates: |
1769 (date of birth) - 1822 (date of death) |
| Notes: |
Eldest son & apprenticed to James Basire II. FSC 1791; LivSC by 1792. Successor to father as engraver to Society of Antiquaries. Engraved to Oxford University |
| Sources: |
- Worms, Laurence, British Map Engravers (work in progress)
- 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)
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