See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• SIR ROBERT STRANGE (1721-1792)

STRANGE (1721-1792)  , Scottish See also:

• LINE

line engraver, descended from the Scottish See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

Strange, or See also:

• STRANG, WILLIAM (1859- )

Strang, of Balca.See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky, See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the mainland of See also:

• ORKNEY, EARL OF
• ORKNEY, ELIZABETH HAMILTON, COUNTESS OF
• ORKNEY, GEORGE HAMILTON, EARL OF (1666–1737)

Orkney, on the 14th of See also:

• JULY

July 1721 . In his youth he spent some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in an See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney's See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office; but, having manifested a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• DRAWING

drawing, he was apprenticed, in ,1735, to See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper, an engraver is See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh . After leaving Cooper in 1741 he started on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account as an engraver, and had attained a See also:

• FAIR

fair position when, in 1745, he joined the Jacobite See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army as a member of the See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

guards . He engraved a See also:

• HALF

half-length of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young Pre-See also:

• TENDER

tender, and also etched plates for a See also:

• BANK

bank-See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note designed for the See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of the troops . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• CULLODEN

Culloden, and after the defeat remained in hiding in the See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands, but ultimately returned to Edinburgh, where, in 1747, he married See also:

• ISABELLA (1451-15o4)
• ISABELLA, ISABEAU

Isabella, only daughter of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Lumisden, son of a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Edinburgh . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he proceeded to See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen, and there studied drawing under J . B . Descamps, carrying off the first See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize in the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

Design . In 1749 he removed to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and placed himself under the celebrated Le Bas . It was from this See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master that he learned the use of the dry point, an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument which he greatly improved and employed with excellent effect in his own engravings . In 1750 Strange returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Presently he settled in See also:

• LONDON

London along with his wife and daughter, and superintended the illustrations of Dr William See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

Hunter's See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORK

work on the Gravid Uterus, published in 1774 .

The plates were engraved from red See also:

• CHALK

chalk drawings by See also:

• VAN

Van Rymsdyk, now preserved in the Hunterian Museum, See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, and two of them were executed with great skill by Strange's own See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand . By his plates of the " Magdalen " and " See also:

• CLEOPATRA

Cleopatra," engraved after Guido in 1753, he at once established his professional reputation . He was invited in 1759 to engrave the portraits of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales and See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• BUTE
• BUTE, JOHN STUART, 3RD EARL OF (1713-1792)

Bute, by See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)

Allen See also:

• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1686-1758)
• RAMSAY, ALLAN (1713-1784)
• RAMSAY, ANDREW MICHAEL (1686-1743)
• RAMSAY, DAVID (1749—1815)
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM (1852– )
• RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL (185r– )

Ramsay, but declined, on the ground of the insufficient remuneration offered and of the pressure of more congenial work after the productions of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian masters . His refusal was attributed to his Jacobite proclivities, and it led to an acrimonious See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with Ramsay, and to the loss, for the time, of royal patronage . In 176o Strange started on a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-meditated tour in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . He studied in See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, See also:

• PARMA

Parma, See also:

• BOLOGNA
• BOLOGNA, GIOVANNI DA (1524–1608)

Bologna, and See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, executing innumerable drawings, of which many—the " See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day " of See also:

• CORREGGIO
• CORREGGIO, or COREGGIO

Correggio, the " See also:

• DANAE

Danae " and the " See also:

• VENUS

Venus and See also:

• ADONIS

Adonis " of See also:

• TITIAN
• TITIAN (c. 1477-1576)

Titian, the " St See also:

• CECILIA, SAINT

Cecilia " of See also:

• RAPHAEL (Hebrew smm, " God heals ")

Raphael, and the See also:

• BARBERINI

Barberini " Magdalen " of Guido, &c.—were afterwards reproduced by his burin . On the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent he was received with great distinction, and he was elected a member of the See also:

• ACADEMIES

academies of Rome, Florence, Parma and Paris . He See also:

• LEFT

left Italy in 1764, and, having engraved in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital the " See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice " and the " Meekness " of Raphael, from the Vatican, he carried them with him to London in the following year . The See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his life was spent mainly in these two cities, in the diligent See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of his See also:

• ART

art . In 1766 he was elected a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists, and in 1775, piqued by the exclusion of engravers from the Royal Academy, he published an attack on that See also:

• BODY

body, entitled An Enquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Royal Academy of Arts at London, and prefaced by a long See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to Lord Bute . In 1787 he engraved See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West's " See also:

• APOTHEOSIS (Gr. aaoOeou)

Apotheosis of the Princes Octavius and See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred," and was rewarded with the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of kinghthood . He died in London on the 5th of July 1792 .

After his See also:

• DEATH

death a splendid edition of reserved proofs of his engravingswas issued; and a See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of his See also:

• WORKS

works, by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• BLANC, (JEAN JOSEPH CHARLES) LOUIS (1811-1882)
• BLANC, MONT

Blanc, was published in 1848 by See also:

• RUDOLPH
• RUDOLPH (d. 1o8o)
• RUDOLPH, or RAOUL

Rudolph Weigel of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, forming See also:

• PART

part of Le Graveur en faille See also:

• DOUCE, FRANCIS (1757-1834)

douce . See See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Strange, Knt., and his See also:

• BROTHER

Brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew Lumisden, by See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Dennistoun of Dennistoun (1855) .