James Basire
1730
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1802
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: portrait
country of citizenship: Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
occupation: drawer, engraver, copperplate engraver
student of: Richard William Seale
James Basire (1730–1802 London), also known as James Basire Sr., was a British engraver. He is the most significant of a family of engravers, and noted for his apprenticing of the young William Blake. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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