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Simon François Ravenet (1706-1774)

Simon Francois Ravenet engraving
Simon François Ravenet (1706-1774)
 
Ravenet was born at Paris and studied there under Jacques Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783). Having established his reputation in France, he relocated to London in 1750, possibly at the behest of William Hogarth (1697-1764), who engaged Ravenet on the engraving of his Marriage a-la-Mode series; Ravenet engraved plates four and five. He also worked for the publisher John Boydell and for Battersea Enamel Works. He was elected a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1766 and an Associate Member of the Royal Academy in 1770.
 
Collections
 
British Museum, London
Metropolitan Museum, New York
National Portrait Gallery, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
 
Literature
 
Hind, A M (1963 reprint), A History of Engraving and Etching, Dover Publications
Mackenzie, I (1988), British Prints, Antique Collectors’ Club
Redgrave, S (1970 reprint), A Dictionary of Artists of the English School, Kingsmead Reprints
Williamson, G C Ed. (1904), Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, George Bell and Sons

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