Henry Abbot (painter)
The Casino , lithograph by Henry Abbot, 1828
Henry Abbot , also Abbott (* 1768 in London , England ; † 1840 there ) was a British architectural draftsman .
life and work
Abbot worked in London. In 1820 he published the folio Antiquities of Rome, comprising twenty-four select Views of its principal ruins from drawings made in the year 1818, with 24 drawings that he had made in Rome two years earlier .
Abbot's architectural drawings from the German city of Elberfeld are also available from the period between 1828 and 1833 , which were published under the title Elberfeld in the ground plan and with its most excellent buildings in the Leudersdorf-Mansfeld lithography establishment there.
literature
- Abbot, Henry . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 1 : Aa – Antonio de Miraguel . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1907, p. 14 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Abbot, Henry . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-598-22741-8 , p. 64. (with further references)
Web links
- Antiquities of Rome, comprising twenty-four select Views of its principal ruins from drawings made in the year 1818. ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ^ Engelmann: Bibliotheca geographica. Engelmann, 1858, p. 478 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ↑ Elberfeld in plan and its most excellent buildings in the Google book search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abbot, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abbott, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English architectural draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1840 |
| Place of death | London , England , UK |