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Rudolph Ackermann, artist
British, 1764 - 1834
Woburn Abbey, 18th - 19th century
Color lith
18.4 x 11.7 cm (image)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.16591

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Artist Biography: Inventor, printer, publisher, editor. Settled in London. 1795 established print shop and drawing school . Perfected use of aquatint. 1817 founded lithographic press in England. Pioneer in use of color in printing. (see Encyclopedia Britannica, 1969 ed. Vol. I, p. 95).