Erin Corr (1803 – August 10, 1862) was an Irish engraver, who was born in

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of Irish descent. He spent 10 years engraving the copper-plate for

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's ''Descent from the Cross''. In 1833, he was elected into the

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as an Honorary Academician. He was among the illustrators and engravers who worked on Charles Morren's horticultural review, '' La Belgique Horticole''. He is the brother of the Belgian painter Isabelle Marie Françoise (Fanny) Geefs-Corr (1807–1883). Print, Elevation of the Cross (CH 18099589).jpg, Elevation of the Cross Vilnia, Vostraja Brama, Kaplica. Вільня, Вострая Брама, Капліца (E. Corr, 1825-71).jpg, Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn, Vilnius Petro Paulo Rubens... (BM 1874,1212.575).jpg, Petro Paulo Rubens Zicht op de gevangenispoort aan het Steen, Antwerpen.jpg, Het Steen, Antwerp

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* 1803 births 1862 deaths 19th-century Irish engravers {{printmaker-stub