About Henry Winkles
Lived 1801 – 1860 (aged 58–59). Henry Winkles was a British illustrator, printmaker, graphic artist, painter, copper engraver and draftsperson.
Henry Winkles (1801–1860) was an English architectural illustrator, engraver and printer, who, together with Karl Ludwig Frommel founded the first studio for steel engraving in Germany.
In 1836, with Benjamin Winkles, he produced and helped to engrave three volumes of "Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales". This featured illustrators such as Hablot Knight Browne (the famous "Phiz" of Charles Dickens fame) and architect Robert Garland (1808–1863), with text (and some engraving) by Thomas Moule. These books helped to inspire the 19th century Gothic revival in architecture in Britain.
Books Henry and Benjamin Winkles. Winkles's Architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales (London: Effingham Wilson and Charles Tilt, 1836–1842): Vol 1. Vol 2. Vol 3. John Tallis. Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World, illustrated by H. Winkles: G. Heck. Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art, engraving by H. Winkles: William Tombleson. Tombleson's Views of the Thames and Medway (Tombleson & Co., 1833).
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British artist (1801–1860)
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Henry Winkles was born in 1801.
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Henry Winkles died in 1860.
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Henry Winkles was an illustrator, printmaker, graphic artist, painter, copper engraver and draftsperson.
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