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Letitia Byrne

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Letitia Byrne
Born(1779-11-24)November 24, 1779
DiedMay 2, 1849(1849-05-02) (aged 69)
NationalityBritish
Known forEngraving
An engraving by Letitia Byrne and Paul Amsinck

Letitia Byrne (1779–1849) was a British engraver.

Life

She was born on 24 November 1779, presumably in London, being the third daughter of William Byrne, engraver, and the sister of Anne Frances Byrne. As a pupil of her father, she exhibited landscape-views at the Academy when she was only twenty, in 1799.[1]

In 1810 she etched the illustrations for A Description of Tunbridge Wells and four views for Hakewill's History of Windsor. She exhibited From Eton College Play-fields at the Academy in 1822; and had other pictures there (twenty-one in all) down to 1848.[1] Her work was included in Cadell & Davies Britannia depicta

She died 2 May 1849, aged 70, and was buried at Kensal Green.[1]

References

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHumphreys, Jennett (1886). "Byrne, Letitia". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 8. London: Smith, Elder & Co.