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Samuel Rawle

1771 – 1860

British engraver

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Lived 1771 – 1860 (aged 88–89). Samuel Rawle was a British printmaker, painter and draftsperson.

Samuel Rawle (1771–1860) was an English topographical engraver and draughtsman.

He practised in London. From 1798, he engraved many plates for the European Magazine and Gentleman's Magazine. Later he was employed on some of the major topographical publications of the time. These included: James Cavanah Murphy's Arabian Antiquities of Spain, 1816; Robert Surtees's History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 1816; Robert Wilkinson's Londina Illustrata, 1819; James Hakewill, Picturesque Tour of Italy, 1820; Thomas Frognall Dibdin's Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, 1821; and Thomas Dunham Whitaker's Richmondshire, 1823. Rawle exhibited landscapes at the Royal Academy in 1801 and 1806. He died in November 1860 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.

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1771, London
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Died
1860, London

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British engraver (1771-1860)

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Samuel Rawle was born in 1771 in London.

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Samuel Rawle died in 1860 in London.

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Samuel Rawle was a printmaker, painter and draftsperson.

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Samuel Rawle was British.

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· Wikidata: Q7412449

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