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38:, she was born in London in 1760 or 1761, and studied under her father, who worked in mezzotint. She was known for her skilled worked in the stipple method, was particularly known for reproductions of miniatures, and was the only woman engraver to serve as an independent engraver in the British 18th century. She came to prominence as an engraver at about the same time as women began to make up a significant proportion print consumers. Her career began to wind down after 1810 due to ill health, and she died at 349: 51: 362: 62: 399: 414: 318:
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Watson's plates were numerous. In 1784 she engraved a portrait of
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stipple engraver
James Watson
Pimlico

John Jeffries
Prince William of Gloucester
Joshua Reynolds
John Hoppner
Queen Charlotte
Sir James Harris
Joshua Reynolds
Catherine II of Russia
Alexander Roslin
William Woollett
Gilbert Stuart
Samuel Cooper
John Milton
Correggio
William Hayley
John Boydell
The Tempest
Francis Wheatley
aquatints
Maria Cosway
Marquess of Bute




Lee, Sidney

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