John Sartain

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Place: London

Born: 1808

Death: 1897

Biography:

John Sartain (October 24, 1808 – October 25, 1897) was an artist who pioneered mezzotint engraving in the United States. John Sartain was born in London, England. He learned line engraving, and produced several of the plates in William Young Ottley's Early Florentine School (1826). In 1828, he began to make mezzotints. He studied painting under Joh...

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