His Excellency John Duke of Marlborough
Author: Jean Simon
Title: His Excellency John Duke of Marlborough
Period: 18th Century
Date:: c. 1720
Technique: Etching
Dimensions: 35,7 x 25 cm
Registry number: GE-437
Jean Simon
NormandÃa, 1675
Jean Simon was born in some place in Normandy (A French region) in 1675 and he died in London in 1755. He was an engraver using the burin and the mezzotint’s techniques.
He worked with the burin while he was live in France, but when he moving to England (about 1710) he adopted the mezzotint’s as usual technique for engraving.
He worked for the publisher Goddfrey Kneller in London.
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