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Louis Haghe, artist
British, 1806 - 1885
Sketches in Belgium and Germany (London: Graves & Co., 1845), second series, 1845
book with lithographs
54.5 x 37.2 x 2.2 cm (object)
Artist Credit: all
Artist Biography: Born at Tournai in 1806. Came to England while still a young man, was elected one of the foundation members of the New Society of Painters in Water-colours, and made his debut at their exhibition in 1835. He was a partner in the well-known lithographic establishment of Day & Haghe. Among his best-known publications was "A Portfolio of Sketches in Belgium, Germany, etc." in three vols., London, 1840-50. He died at Stockwell on March 9, 1885. (From Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, vol III). See also Friedman, Joan M. Color Printing in England, (New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, 1978) for a discussion of Haghe's work as a reproductive lithographer.
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series second 1845 Co Graves London Germany and Belgium in Sketches Europe England lithographs book Louis Haghe British 5076163106810092 A102818 AFGA
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