Education
Cardon studied three years under his friend Luigi Schiavonetti.
Cardon studied three years under his friend Luigi Schiavonetti.
He was the son and pupil of Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon, born in Brussels, and took prizes at the Academy there. During the troubles in the Low Countries preceding the Flanders Campaign of 1793, he went to England, with a letter of introduction to Paul Colnaghi, who gave him employment. He became known by his engravings for book illustration.
He was a stipple engraver with a high reputation, and died on 17 February 1813, in London Street, Fitzroy Square.
