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(1) Samuel Alken
(b London, 22 Oct 1756; bur London, 9 Nov 1815). Engraver. He entered the Royal Academy Schools, London, as a sculptor in 1772. In 1779 he published A New Book of Ornaments Designed and Etched by Samuel Alken, afterwards establishing himself as one of the most competent engravers in the new technique of aquatint. His varied output of singly issued prints after designs by other artists from 1784 to 1793 includes such satirical works as An Italian Family (1785; see George, no. 9670) and A French Family (1792; see George, no. 9686), both after Thomas Rowlandson. His many sporting prints include the sensitive print of the racehorse Soldier after George Garrard (1793). From c. 1788 he was much in demand reproducing topographical watercolours as illustrations for travel books. There are some sporting paintings signed S. Alken, but they may be the work of his eldest son, Samuel.
Part of the Alken family
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