Nathaniel Parr

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Nathaniel Parr was an English engraver , printer, and editor .

Life

Nathaniel Parr was possibly the son or the older brother of the engraver Remigius Parr (* around 1723 in Rochester, Kent).

Nathaniel Parr engraved in a similar way to Remigius Parr and was also employed by the English publisher Thomas Bowles in London . However, Parr also printed for his own account and published prints as well.

Works

View over the Great Garden in Herrenhausen ;
colored copper engraving , around 1745
Several beautifull prospects of the palaces and other publick buildings on the Grand Canal at Venice in Italy , 1747

Engravings by Nathaniel Parr are known with portraits , some copper plates for books. Architectural engravings are known to have been made with buildings in London and Florence , the latter based on models by Giuseppe Zocchi . Parr made a series of a dozen stitches with marine objects after “P. Monamy, ”he also did some paintings from Vauxhall Gardens .

A colored copper engraving from around 1745 from the Great Garden in Herrenhausen is known .

Nathaniel Parr's engravings are difficult to distinguish from Remigius Parr's.

literature

  • Lionel Henry Cust: Nathaniel Parr , in: Dictionary of National Biography , volume 43, London: Elder Smith & Co., 1895, page 355, online via Wikisource
  • Dodd's manuscript: Historic English Engravers , British Museum Add. MS. 33403
  • Samuel Redgrave: Parr, Remi , in: Dictionary of Artists of the English School , Verlag George Bell & Sons, London 1878, page 320 ( online )
  • Charles Le Blanc: Manuel de l'Amateur d'Estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations dans lequel sont déscrites les estampes rares, précieuses et intéressantes, avec l'indication de leurs différents états et des prix auxquels ces estampes ont été portées dans les ventes publiques, en France et à l'étranger, depuis un siècle, par m. Ch. Le Blanc , ... Ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres par m. J.-Ch. Brunet ..., published in 1854 by É. Bouillon in Paris (French); online via Open Library .org

Web links

Commons : Nathaniel Parr  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Lionel Henry Cust: Nathaniel Parr (see literature)
  2. ^ A b British Museum: Biographical details of Nathaniel Parr


personal data
SURNAME Parr, Nathaniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century or 18th century
DATE OF DEATH 18th century