Abraham Raimbach (16 February 1776 in London17 January 1843), was an English engraver of Swiss descent. He was born in

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in the West End of London. Weinreb, Ben & Hibbert, Christopher (1983): ''The London Encyclopaedia,'' p. 129. Educated at Archbishop Tenison's Library School, he was apprenticed to the engraver J. Hall from 1789 to 1796. For nine years, part of his working-time was devoted to the study of drawing in the

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and to carrying out occasional engravings for the

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s, whilst his leisure hours were employed in painting portraits in miniature. Having formed an intimacy with Sir David Wilkie, Raimbach in 1812 began to engrave some of Wilkie's best pictures. At his death, he held a gold medal awarded for his ''Village Politicians'' at the Paris Exhibition of 1814. He was elected corresponding member of the

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in 1835. He is buried in

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Gallery

Village Politicians by Abraham Reimbach 1813.jpg, ''Village Politicians'' by Abraham Raimbach after David Wilkie Leonard Parkinson, Maroon Leader, Jamaica, 1796.jpg, Leonard Parkinson,

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Leader, Jamaica, 1796

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