Charles Grignion the Elder
British engraver and draughtsman
Charles Grignion the Elder (1721–1810) was a British engraver and draughtsman.
Grignion was born in London to Huguenot refugees. He was a prolific historical engraver and book illustrator.[1]
He studied in London at Hubert-François Gravelot's school in Covent Garden. He also engraved the earliest record of a cricket match, published in the General Advertiser in 1748.
In 1754, his nephew Charles Grignion the Younger was born. His nephew, in turn, became a history and portrait painter.
References
- ^ "The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. With arguments to the different books; and moral and theological observations, illustrating each chapter, and shewing the use and improvement to be made of it: composed by the Reverend Mr. Ostervald, Professor of Divinity, and one of the ministers of the Church at Neufchatel in Swisserland: translated at the desire of, and recommended by, the Honble. Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge". National Library of Scotland. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
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