| LC control no. | n 81142223 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vertue, George, 1684-1756 |
| Variant(s) | Vertue, G. (George), 1684-1756 Vertue (George), 1684-1756 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Located | London (England) |
| Birth date | 16841117 |
| Death date | 17560724 |
| Field of activity | Graphic arts Engraving Prints--Publishing Illustration of books Art--History |
| Affiliation | Society of Antiquaries of London |
| Profession or occupation | Printmakers Engravers Illustrators Antiquarians Art historians Publishers and publishing |
| Found in | His A description of nine historical prints representing kings, queens, princes, etc. of the Tudor family ... 1776. Spenser, E. Calendarium pastorale, 1732: frontispiece (G. Vertue sculp.) Waller, E. Works of Edmund Waller, 1729: engraving p. 49 (Vertue sc.) Oxford DNB online, 4 Sept. 2014 (Vertue, George (1684-1756); engraver and antiquary; born in the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 17 November 1684; his output as a printmaker was prodigious; in 1717 he was appointed the official engraver to the newly revived Society of Antiquaries; his researches into the history of art in Britain began late in 1712 and occupied him for the rest of his life; during the 1720s he was very active as a book illustrator; he also established himself as a successful independent publisher of prints; he died on 24 July 1756) |
| Associated language | eng |
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