P. Jean-Baptiste Bradel
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Draughtsman
A draughtsman or draftsman , is a person skilled in drawing, either:*drawing for artistic purposes, or*technical drawing for practical purposes such as architecture or engineering...
and engraver
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
, was born in Paris about 1750. He was chiefly employed in engraving portraits, which are neatly executed, and which include the following plates:
- Pope Benedict XIV.
- Pope Clement XIV.
- Madame Louise, of France.
- Louis François Gabriel de la Motte, Bishop of Amiens.
- General Paoli.
- Prosper Jean de Crébillon.
- Jean Bart, Admiral.
- The Chevalier d'Eon.
- An allegorical subject; inscribed Trinus et unus.
- A Boy playing on the Tambour de Basque.