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Last Name Catton

Given Name Charles

alt. Names C. C. ; Charles Catton the Younger ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1756 in London, England, UK

Year died 1819

Place of death New Paltz, New York, USA

Father's occupation coach painter, landscape, animal and figure painter Charles Catton (1728-1798), referred to as Charles Catton the Elder

Relatives

Education since 1775 RA Schools, London, taught by his father;

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for Animals drawn from nature and engraved in aqua-tinta with a description of each animal (London 1787/88) ; John White (1750-1832) ; Walker's Copperplate Mag. ; John Gay: Fables ;

Patronage

Collaborators Edward Francis Burney: on John Gays Fables ;

Techniques zoological and animal drawing, painting, engraving, etching, and aqua-tint

Sample(s) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Catton_younger_-_The_royal_Tiger.jpg

Archival sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Catton_the_younger

Published sources AKL 17 1997: 323 Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 ;

other Further Place of Activity: USA, where he lived from 1804 on a farmer.

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