Background
He was born in Cecil Court in the West End of London.
(Born in London, Abraham Raimbach (1776-1843) was one of t...)
Born in London, Abraham Raimbach (1776-1843) was one of the most celebrated engravers of his time. Published in 1843, these memoirs recount his career and give expanded first-hand observations on contemporary artists and public figures. Included is an extensive account of his two months in Paris in 1802, including impressions of its people and food (on frog's legs: 'I did not much like the flavour'), together with details of the numerous works of art he viewed. He muses on the possible reasons for the higher social standing afforded to artists in France than in Britain, and seems concerned, as travellers are today, about how far his money will stretch whilst in France. Also included is a short biography of Raimbach's principal collaborator, the painter Sir David Wilkie, written by Raimbach's son. This memoir will be of interest to social and art historians of the early nineteenth century.
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He was born in Cecil Court in the West End of London.
Educated at Archbishop Tenison"s Library School, he was apprenticed to the engraver J. Hall from 1789 to 1796.
Foreign nine years, part of his working-time was devoted to the study of drawing in the Royal Academy and to carrying out occasional engravings for the booksellers, whilst his leisure hours were employed in painting portraits in miniature. Having formed an intimacy with Sir David Wilkie, Raimbach in 1812 began to engrave some of Wilkie"s best pictures. At his death, he held a gold medal awarded for his Village Politicians at the Paris Exhibition of 1814.
He is buried in Street Mary"s Churchyard, Hendon.
(Born in London, Abraham Raimbach (1776-1843) was one of t...)
He was elected corresponding member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1835.