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- Jean Marie Delattre
- Also known as
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Jean Marie Delattre
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primary name: Delattre, Jean Marie
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other name: Delatre, Jean Marie
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other name: Delatree, I M
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other name: Dellattre, Jean Marie
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other name: Deslatre, Jean Marie
- Details
- individual; printmaker; French; British; Male
- Life dates
- 1744-1843
- Address
- St Martin's Lane, London (with Picot, 1771)
- Biography
- Engraver; b. Abbeville, then Paris under Le Bas. Early career as portrait specialist, working for Esnauts & Rapilly. Came to England in 1770 to work for Ryland, where he married in 1773. Later worked for Francesco Bartolozzi. Partner with Victor Marie Picot in a print-selling business in St Martin's Lane, London, in the 1770s. Protagonist in a famous lawsuit with Copley. Died aged 99. (Birth and death dates established by David Alexander.)
- Bibliography
- Delignières, 'Un graveur de 95 ans - Delattre (Jean Marie) d'Abbeville, 1745-1840', Paris, 1902
IFF, 70 Nos
David Alexander, 'Bartolozzi's studio in London 1763-1802', PQ 2018, p.16
