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Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773

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Personal name headingGravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773
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Variant(s)Bourguignon, Hubert François, 1699-1773
Gravelot, H., 1699-1773
Gravelot, 1699-1773
Gravelot, Henri, 1699-1773
Anville, Hubert François Bourguignon d', 1699-1773
Other standard no.47065548
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LocatedLondon (England)
Addressvis-à-vis les Pères de l'Oratoire, rue-St-Honore Paris France
Birth date16990326
Death date17730419
Place of birthParis (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityPainting Engraving Illustration of books
Profession or occupationPainters Engravers Illustrators
Found inSalomons, V. Gravelot, 1911: t.p. (Gravelot)
New enc. Brit. (Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773)
Bib. nat. (Gravelot, Hubert-François Bourguignon, dit)
Thieme und Becker (Gravelot, Hubert François, eigentlich Bourguignon, 1699-1773)
Bénézit, nouv. éd., 1976 (Gravelot, Hubert François Bourguignon d'Anville dit, 1699-1773)
LC manual cat. (hdg.: Gravelot, Hubert François Bourguignon, known as, 1699-1773)
Tooley's dictionary of mapmakers, E-J, 2001 (Gravelot [Bourguignon], Hubert François, (1699-1773), French engraver and designer who worked both in London (1733), and Paris, 'vis-à-vis les Pères de l'Oratoire, rue-St-Honore' (1754). As the younger brother of Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, his family name was Bourguignon, but he worked under the name of Gravelot)
Fenouillot de Falbaire, Charles-Georges. L'honnête criminel, ou L'amour filial, 1768: plates (H. Gravelot del.)
Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Online, Apr. 24, 2015 (Gravelot, Hubert-François; further names: Gravelot; Gravelot, Hubert; Gravelot, Henri; Bourguignon, Hubert François; Bourguignon, Hubert-François; book illustrator, illustrator, painter, master draughtsman; born 1699.03.26, Paris, died 1773.04.19, Paris; real name: Bourguignon (son of the Paris master tailor Hubert Bourguignon, brother of the geographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville); studied with Jean II Restout and François Boucher; moved to England in 1732 or 1733, where he was a successful caricaturist, book illustrator and painter; professor at St Martin's Lane Academy; returned to France in 1746 and was in great demand as a book illustrator; considered one of the foremost French book illustrators of the 18th century)
Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF autorités, Apr. 24, 2015 (Gravelot (1699-1773), pseudonyme; born 1699-03-26, died 1773-04-19; painter, draftsman and engraver; variants: Gravelot, Hubert (1699-1773) pseudonyme; Anville, Sieur d' (1699-1773); Anville, Hubert François Bourguignon d' (1699-1773); Bourguignon d'Anville, Hubert François (1699-1773))
ULAN, Apr. 24, 2015 (Gravelot (French painter and printmaker, 1699-1773, active in England); born 26 March 1699; died 19 April 1773; in 1733, Gravelot opened a drawing school in London, England ; returned to France in 1745)