LC control no. | no2009099502 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Laurie, Robert, 1755-1836 |
Variant(s) | Laurie, R. (Robert), 1755-1836 |
See also | Founded corporate body: Laurie & Whittle |
Located | London, England |
Birth date | 1755 |
Death date | 18360519 |
Field of activity | Engraving Publishers and publishing |
Affiliation | Laurie & Whittle |
Profession or occupation | Engravers Publishers and publishing |
Found in | An essay on the means of lessening the effects of fire on the human body, 1799: plate (R. Laurie; engraver) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, via WWW, June 26, 2009 (Robert Laurie; mezzotint engraver and printseller, at London; probably b. 1755; d. 19 May 1836, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire) British Museum website, 31 July 2013: collection database, biogs., under Robert Sayer (when Sayer's health failed in 1792 his assistants Robert Laurie and James Whittle took over the management of his company; from Sayer's death in 1794 until Laurie's retirement in 1812, the company traded as "Laurie & Whittle"; from 1812 until his death in 1818, Whittle traded with Laurie's son, Richard Holmes Laurie, as "Whittle and Laurie") |