Henry or Hendrick Hulsbergh or Hulsberg (died 1729) was a Dutch engraver of maps and architecture who worked in London from at least 1709 onwards.

Life

Born in

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, Hulsbergh was in London by 1709. He was mainly employed engraving large architectural compositions such as

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's ''Vitruvius Britannicus'', Kip's ''Britannia Illustrata'', and

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's ''Designs for St. Paul's Cathedral''. He also engraved portraits, including one of Georg Andreas Ruperti, pastor of the Dutch Church in London in 1709. Hulsberg was warden of the Lutheran Church in the

Savoy Hospital The Savoy Palace, considered the grandest nobleman's townhouse of medieval London, was the residence of prince John of Gaunt until it was destroyed during rioting in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. The palace was on the site of an estate given t ...

, and was supported by the congregation and the brethren of a Dutch club during two years of continued illness and disability. He died in May 1729 of a paralytic fit, and was buried in the Savoy.

Locations

Bramham Park Bramham Park is a Grade I listed 18th-century country house in Bramham, between Leeds and Wetherby, in West Yorkshire, England. The house, constructed of magnesian limestone ashlar with stone slate roofs in a classical style, is built to a l ...

Engravings

File:St Paul's Cathedral, London, South elevation of the Great Model – Royal Academy Collection.jpg, South elevation of the Great Model of

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File:Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, part of the King Charles bl Wellcome V0013336.jpg, Facade of the

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich Greenwich Hospital was a permanent home for retired sailors of the Royal Navy, which operated from 1692 to 1869. Its buildings, initially Greenwich Palace, in Greenwich, London, were later used by the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and the Uni ...

References

External links

Hulsbergh at the National Portrait Gallery
- 6 portraits engraved by Hulsbergh Year of birth unknown 1729 deaths 18th-century Dutch engravers Dutch expatriates in England Artists from Amsterdam {{UK-artist-stub