Francis Eginton (

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

1775 – 1823 near

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) was an English engraver.

Life

Eginton was the son of John Eginton, a noted stipple engraver and a nephew of

Francis Eginton Francis Eginton (1737–1805), sometimes spelled Egginton, was an English glass painter. He painted windows for cathedrals, churches, chapels and stately homes, etc., around the country, leaving 50 large works altogether; his work was also exp ...

. He was born in Birmingham in 1775, and died in 1823 at Meertown House, near

, aged 48. Eginton's work as an engraver was distinguished by accuracy and taste. He illustrated

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's ''History of Staffordshire'', John Price's histories of

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(1795) and

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(1796), Robert Bell Wheler's ''History and Antiquities of Stratford-on-Avon'', James Bisset's ''Picturesque Birmingham Guide'', Pratt's ''Leamington Guide'', Thomas Howell's ''Stranger in Shrewsbury'', and most of the topographical and historical works published in the Midlands during his time. A large plate of

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was one of his most notable works. As a person, Eginton was described as a 'cheerful and gentlemanly companion, and much respected.'

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eginton, Francis 1775 births 1823 deaths 18th-century English people 19th-century English people English engravers Artists from Birmingham, West Midlands