Edward Burch
English gem engraver, medalist, and wax modeler
About Edward Burch
Lived 1730 – 1814 (aged 83–84). Edward Burch was a British gem engraver.
Edward Burch (1730–1814) was an English artist and Royal Academician known as a gem engraver, medalist and sculpture, particularly of wax modelling.
Burch first worked as a waterman on the Thames. Self-taught miniaturist and seal-engraver.
In 1788 Burch was appointed engraver to King George III and the Duke of York. He also modelled wax portraits for James Tassie and for Josiah Wedgwood.
Burch served as the librarian of the Royal Academy of Arts from 1794 until his death on the 11 February 1814. Yale Center for British Art
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English gem engraver, medalist, and wax modeler (1730–1814)
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Edward Burch was born in 1730 in London.
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Edward Burch died on 11 February 1814.
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Edward Burch was a gem engraver.
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