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Last Name Kirkall

Given Name Elisha

alt. Names E. K. ;

Marriage 1: Elizabeth ; 2: Deborah Whitton ;

Children Charles

Year born 1682 / 1685 in Sheffield, Yorkshire

Year died 1742

Place of death London

Father's occupation clockmaker or locksmith

Relatives Edward Kirkall (1695-1740)

Education art at Great Queen Street Academy ;

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for John Martyn (1699-1768): Historia Plantarum Rariorum (1728-1738) ; botanist William Houstoun ; Placide Massey ;

Patronage Society of Gardeners ; Peter Collinson ;

Collaborators botatnist G. Sartorys ; artist Jacob van Huysum ; artist R. Sartorius ;

Techniques coloured mezzotint and etching ; wood stamping and metal engraving ;

Sample(s) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_van_Huysum ;

Archival sources http://www.cichw.net/pmpkirk.html ;

Published sources Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966 ; Saunders 1995: 66 & 73 ;

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