Details for: ALKEN, Samuel
| Name: |
ALKEN, Samuel |
| County: |
London |
| Town: |
London |
| Address(es): |
3 Dufours Ct, Carnaby Mkt. 3 Dufours Pl, Soho. 2 Francis St, Bedford Sq |
| Book Trades: |
Engraver/etcher, Print seller, Publisher |
| Non-Book Trade: |
Education: other (drawing master) |
| Trading Dates: |
1780 - 1820 ? |
| Biographical Dates: |
1780 (before) - 1820 ? |
| Notes: |
Active London (1780-98) mainly on etchings & aquatints for topographical works. Exhib Royal Academy. REIP 96408 (1785/6) |
| 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)
- Sussex information from imprints from booksellers' catalogues, various
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