| LC control no. | nr 93023061 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Major, Thomas, 1720-1799 |
| Variant(s) | Major, T. (Thomas), 1720-1799 Major, Sieur, 1720-1799 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Located | London (England) Paris (France) |
| Birth date | 1720 |
| Death date | 17991230 |
| Field of activity | Graphic arts Drawing Prints Engraving |
| Profession or occupation | Artists Drafters Printmakers Engravers |
| Special note | Data provided by the ESTC/BL |
| Found in | His The ruins of Pæstum, 1768: t.p. (Thomas Major) BM (Major, Thomas, engraver) DNB (Major, Thomas, 1720-1799; engraver) Catalogue of a large and valuable collection of prints ... belonging to that eminent artist Mr. Thomas Major ... 1800 Amérique Septentrionale, 1746 [map]: cartouche (gravé par le S.r Major [the engraver of the cartouche]) Oxford DNB online, 18 Aug. 2014 (Thomas Major (1720-1799), engraver; was taught to draw and etch by Hubert Gravelot, and his first prints are dated 1744; in October 1745 he accompanied the renowned landscape engraver Jacques-Philippe le Bas to Paris, assisted him there, and was befriended by the English-born engraver André Laurent; he published several prints in Paris from his apartment in the rue St Jacques; in October 1746 he was arrested and spent three months incarcerated in the Bastille; he had returned to England by December 1748; by 1756 he had been appointed chief seal engraver to the king; from 1756 until 1797 he was also engraver to the stamp office; he was probablythe author as well as engraver and publisher of "The ruins of Pæstum"; Major was the first great English landscape engraver; he died 30 December 1799 at his home in Westminster) |
| Associated language | eng |
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