Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lewis, Frederick (1779–1856), engraver
Parallel form(s) of name
- Frederick Christian Lewis
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Description area
Dates of existence
1779–1856
History
An English etcher, aquatint and stipple engraver, landscape and portrait painter and the brother of Charles Lewis (1786–1836).
Lewis was a famous engraver, one of a family dynasty of artists, 'one of the most prolific, skilled and versatile print-makers of his time' (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).