William Harvey (artist)
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William Harvey (artist)
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William Harvey was a British wood-engraver and illustrator. Born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Harvey was the son of a bath-keeper. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to Thomas Bewick, and became one of his favorite pupils. Bewick describes him as one "who both as an engraver & designer, stands preeminent" at his day. He engraved many woodblocks for Bewick's Aesop's Fables (1818). Harvey moved to London in 1817, studying drawing with Benjamin Haydon, and anatomy with Charles Bell. In 1821, he made a
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English engraver and designer (1796–1866)
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2024-04-21T23:57:15Z
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