Clara Rhinoceros from Bernhard Siegfried Albinus TAB IV - 1749

Charles Grignion the Elder (1721–1810) was a British engraver and draughtsman. Grignion was born in

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refugees. He was a prolific historical engraver and book illustrator. He studied in London at Hubert-François Gravelot's school in

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. He also engraved the earliest record of a

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match, published in the ''

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'' in 1748. In 1754, his nephew Charles Grignion the Younger was born. His nephew, in turn, became a history and portrait painter.

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1721 births 1810 deaths 18th-century English engravers Artists from London English draughtsmen English people of French descent {{England-artist-stub