Henry Winkles

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Henry Winkles (* around 1801 ; † around 1860 ) was an English draftsman , printer, and steel engraver who founded the first steel engraving studio in Germany with Carl Ludwig Frommel near Karlsruhe .

Together with Benjamin Winkles, Henry Winkles produced and illustrated a multi-volume work on cathedrals in England and Wales in 1836, which had an influence on British neo-Gothic in the 19th century. In 1852 Winkles visited his son in Ballarat, Australia, before returning to England in 1854.

Works

Aachen, market square, 1840
Botanical Garden and Cathedral, steel engraving around 1820 by Henry Winkles after a drawing by Theodor Verhas, Cologne, 1820
The tower of Neuwerk , drawing by Johann Heinrich Sander , around 1840
  • Henry and Benjamin Winkles. Winkles's Architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales (London: Effingham Wilson and Charles Tilt, 1836–1842) Volume 1 , Volume 2 , Volume 3 .

With illustrations by Winkles:

  • John Tallis. Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World .

With stitches by Winkles:

  • G. Heck. Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art .
  • William Tombleson . Tombleson's Views of the Thames and Medway (Tombleson & Co., 1833).
  • Müller, Gustav Adolph; Zschokke, Heinrich. The classic places in Switzerland and their main locations are shown in original views . (Karlsruhe [among others]: Kunst-Verl., 1834-) Digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Henry Winkles in Ballarat , Australia

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personal data
SURNAME Winkles, Henry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winkles, H .; Winckles, H .; Winckles, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English draftsman, printer, and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH around 1801
DATE OF DEATH around 1860