John Augustus Atkinson

Place: London

Born: 1775

Death: 1833

Biography:

John Augustus Atkinson (c.1775–1830) was an English artist, engraver and watercolourist. Atkinson was born in London. In 1784, he went to St. Petersburg to his uncle James Walker, engraver to the empress Catherine the Great There he studied in the picture galleries, encouraged by Catherine and her son Paul I, and was commissioned by Paul to paint l...