Charles George Lewis (13 June 1808 – 16 June 1880) was a British printmaker.

Life

The second son of

Frederick Christian Lewis Frederick Christian Lewis (1779–1856) was an English etcher, aquatint and stipple engraver, landscape and portrait painter and the brother of Charles Lewis (1786–1836). Life He studied under J. C. Stadler and in the schools of the Royal ...

, and brother of

John Frederick Lewis John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876) was an English Orientalist painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in detailed watercolour or oils, very often repeating the same composition in a version in each medium. He lived for s ...

, he was born in

Enfield, Middlesex Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 333,587 in 2021. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Highw ...

. He was instructed in drawing and engraving by his father. Lewis retired in about 1877, and died suddenly from

apoplexy Apoplexy () refers to the rupture of an internal organ and the associated symptoms. Informally or metaphorically, the term ''apoplexy'' is associated with being furious, especially as "apoplectic". Historically, it described what is now known as a ...

at his residence at

Felpham Felpham (, sometimes pronounced locally as ''Felf-fm'' or ''Fel-thm'') is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. Although sometimes considered part of the urban area of greater Bognor Regis, it is a village and ...

, near

Bognor Bognor Regis (), also known as Bognor, is a town and seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, south-west of London, west of Brighton, south-east of Chichester and east of Portsmouth. Other nearby towns include Littleham ...

, on 16 June 1880. He was buried in Felpham churchyard.

Works

Lewis had a facility in

etching Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other type ...

, and in combining

line engraving Line engraving is a term for engraved images printed on paper to be used as prints or illustrations. The term is mainly used in connection with 18th- or 19th-century commercial illustrations for magazines and books or reproductions of paintings. ...

stipple Stippling is the creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots. Such a pattern may occur in nature and these effects are frequently emulated by artists. Art In printmaking, stipple engraving ...

, and

mezzotint Mezzotint is a monochrome printmaking process of the intaglio (printmaking), intaglio family. It was the first printing process that yielded half-tones without using line- or dot-based techniques like hatching, cross-hatching or stipple. Mezzo ...

. Many of his best-known plates were after the works of

Sir Edwin Landseer Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. His best-known work is the lion sculptures at the base of Nelso ...

. The earliest of these was ''Hafed'', published in 1837. Besides these were smaller plates after works of Landseer, most of which had previously been engraved by

Thomas Landseer Thomas Landseer (1795 – 20 January 1880) was a British artist best known for his engravings and etchings, particularly those of paintings by his youngest brother Edwin Landseer. Life Landseer was born in London, the eldest of the fourteen ch ...

and others. His etchings after Landseer began with ''To-ho!'' published in 1830, and included the set of eight plates of ''The Mothers''. Lewis engraved also some plates after

Rosa Bonheur Rosa Bonheur (born Marie-Rosalie Bonheur; 16 March 1822 – 25 May 1899) was a French artist known best as a painter of animals (animalière). She also made sculptures in a Realism (arts), realist style. Her paintings include ''Ploughing in the N ...

.''Bouricairos crossing the Pyrenees'', 1859; ''The Highland Shepherd'' and ''Huntsman taking Hounds to Cover'', 1861; ''A Scottish Raid'', 1862; ''The Horse Fair'', 1863; ''A Family of Deer crossing the Summit of the Long Rocks, Forest of Fontainebleau'', 1867; ''Shetland Ponies'', 1870; ''The Lime Cart'' and ''Changing Pastures'', 1872; ''Denizens of the Highlands'', 1873; and ''Morning in the Highlands''. His works after other painters included: Bonaparte a Bassano 1796

*''Interior of a Highland Cottage'', after

*''Robinson Crusoe reading the Bible to his Man Friday'' and ''Asking a Blessing'', after

Alexander George Fraser Alexander George Fraser (1786–1865) was a Scottish genre and domestic painter who exhibited his paintings at the Royal Academy in London for many years.Entry for 'Alexander George Fraser' in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', (e ...

*''The Village Festival'' and ''The Card Players'', after Sir David Wilkie *''The Bay of Spezzia'', ''Sea-shore'', and ''Sunset'', after

Richard Parkes Bonington Richard Parkes Bonington (25 October 1802 – 23 September 1828) was an English Romantic landscape painter. He moved to France at the age of 14 and can also be considered as a French artist, and an intermediary bringing aspects of English styl ...

*''The Highland Larder'', after Frederick Tayler *''The Waterloo Heroes'', after

John Prescott Knight John Prescott Knight (1803–1881) was an English portrait painter. He was secretary of the Royal Academy from 1848 until 1873. Biography The son of the actor Edward Knight (British actor), Edward Knight, he was born in Stafford in 1803. He beg ...

*''The Melton Breakfast'', after Sir Francis Grant *''The Introduction of Christianity into Great Britain'', after

John Rogers Herbert John Rogers Herbert (23 January 1810 – 17 March 1890) was an English painter who is most notable as a precursor of Pre-Raphaelitism. Early career John Rogers Herbert was born in Maldon, Essex. In 1826, he moved to London to study at th ...

*''Eton Montem: the School Yard'' and ''The Playing Fields'', a pair, after William Evans of Eton *''Sheep Farming in the Highlands'', a set of four plates, and ''Rescued'', after

Richard Ansdell Richard Ansdell (11 May 1815 – 20 April 1885) was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British painter of animals and genre work, genre scenes. Life Ansdell was born in Liverpool (then in Lancashire), the son of Thomas Griffiths ...

*''A Plunge for Life'', after Samuel Carter *''The Crucifixion'', after

Henry Courtney Selous Henry Courtney Selous (b. Panton Street, Haymarket, London 1803; d. Beaworthy, Devon, 24 September 1890) was an English painter, illustrator and lithographer. Life He was the son of Gideon "George" Slous (1777–1839), a Flemish portrait and ...

*''Morning on the Seine'', after J. Troyon *''The Salon d'Or'', after

William Powell Frith William Powell Frith (9 January 1819 – 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting ''The Slee ...

*''A Panic'', after Henry William Banks Davis *''Picardy Peasants going to a Fair'', after Richard Beavis and several historical plates after

Thomas Jones Barker Thomas Jones Barker (19 April 1813 – 29 March 1882) was an English historical, military, and portrait painter. The Barkers of Bath Thomas Jones Barker was born at Bath, Somerset, Bath in 1815, into a family of artists. His grandfather, Benja ...

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* An engraving of by Frank Stone for Finden’s Gallery of the Graces, 1834 with a poetical illustration by

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Landon's writings are emblematic of the transition from Romanticism to Victorian literature. Her first major b ...

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Charles George 1808 births 1880 deaths 19th-century English engravers People from Felpham People from Enfield, London