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ABRAHAM RAIMBACH (1776-1843)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 861 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABRAHAM See also:RAIMBACH (1776-1843)  , See also:English See also:line-engraver, a Swiss by descent, was See also:born in See also:London in 1776 . Educated at See also:Archbishop See also:Tenison's Library School, he was an apprentice to J . See also:Hall the engraver from 1789 to 1796 . For nine years See also:part of his working-See also:time was devoted to the study of See also:drawing in the Royal See also:Academy and to executing occasional engravings for the booksellers, whilst his leisure See also:hours were employed in See also:painting portraits in See also:miniature . Having formed an intimacy with See also:Sir See also:David See also:Wilkie, See also:Raimbach in 1812 began to engrave some of that See also:master's best pictures . At his See also:death, in 1843, he held a See also:gold See also:medal awarded to him for his " See also:Village Politicians " at the See also:Paris See also:Exhibition of 1814 . He was elected corresponding member of the See also:Institute of See also:France in 1835 .

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