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Last Name Somer

Given Name Paul van

alt. Names P. v. S. ; Paulus van Somer ; Somer II. ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1649 c. in Amsterdam

Year died 1694 c.

Place of death London

Father's occupation

Relatives printmaker Johannes van Somer (c. 1645- after 1699) (brother)

Education

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for Leonard Plukenet: Amaltheum botanicum (1705) & Phytographia (1691) ; Francis Willughby (1635-1672) ;

Patronage

Collaborators G. van Casseel ; Henry Hulsberg ; R. Spofforth ;

Techniques botanical and ichthyological painting, copperplate engraving, drawing, mezzotint, and etching ;

Sample(s)

Archival sources

Published sources Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966; Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 # 4417 ; AKL ;

other Further Place of Activity: France (Paris 1671-1675 & 1681), then in London until 1690/93.

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