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'''Augustin Heckel''' (1690 - 1770)<ref name= "Box">{{cite web | url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O113818/box-heckel-augustin/ | title=Box | publisher=[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] | work=Search the Collections | accessdate=3 November 2012}}</ref> was a painter, watch case engraver and [[draughtsman]]. He was born in [[Augsburg]], [[Germany]] in a family of [[goldsmith]]s. As a young man, he came to London and made his career in England. He died on 20 August 1770 in [[Richmond, London |Richmond, Surrey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=165779|title=Biographical details: Augustin Heckel|publisher= [[British Museum]]|accessdate= 3 November 2012}}</ref> where he had retired in 1746.<ref name="Richmond Hill">{{cite web | url=http://www.richmond.gov.uk/local_history_richmond_hill.pdf | title=The View from Richmond Hill | publisher=[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] | work=Local History Notes | accessdate=3 November 2012}}</ref> He had a second skill as a flower painter in [[watercolours]] and [[gouache]], and published two books of flower etchings of his own designs, "The Lady's drawing book" in 1755, and "The Florist" in 1759. An album of his drawings is held at the [[Fitzwilliam Museum]] in [[Cambridge]].<ref name = "BM bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=165779|title=Biographical details: Augustin Heckel|publisher= [[British Museum]]|accessdate= 3 November 2012}}</ref> |
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His "A West View of Richmond etc. in Surrey from the Star and Garter on the Hill", published in 1752, became widely known after being engraved by [[Charles Grignion]] the Elder.<ref name="Richmond Hill"/><ref name="GAC Heckel">{{cite web | url=http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/work.aspx?obj=26267 | title=Government Art Collection | publisher=[[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]] | accessdate=3 November 2012}}</ref> |
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[[The British Museum]] holds two prints by John June after Augustine Heckel: "Harrowing the Ground" and "Laying the Ground smooth & even for the Rice, by a second Harrowing", dating from about 1775.<ref name="BM">{{cite web | url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/beta_collection_introduction/beta_collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3298777&partId=1&searchText=Augustin%20Heckel | title=Harrowing the Ground | publisher=[[British Museum]] | accessdate=3 November 2012}}</ref> |
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[[The Victoria and Albert Museum]] holds: Heckel's "A New Book of Sheilds [sic] usefull for all sorts of Artificers", an [[etching]] on paper dating from 1752;<ref name="V&A Sheilds">{{cite web | url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O125515/a-new-book-of-sheilds-print-heckel-augustin/ | title=A New Book of Sheilds (sic) usefull for all sorts of Artificers | publisher=[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] | accessdate=3 November 2012}}</ref> a gold box engraved by Heckel;<ref name= "Box"/> a drawing of a design, dating from about 1740, for a [[cartouche]] with an [[acanthus]] leaf architechtonic frame surmounted by vases and supported by a [[caryatid]] in the form of a winged [[putto]];<ref name="V&A Drawing">{{cite web | url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O12627/drawing-heckel-augustin/ | title=Drawing | publisher=[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] | accessdate=3 November 2012}}</ref>and a print from 1750-70, A Select Collection of the most beautiful Flowers, Drawn after Nature by A. Heckell; disposed in their proper Order in Baskets: Intended either for Ornament or the Improvement of Ladies in Drawing and Needlework".<ref name="V&A Select">{{cite web | url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O928633/a-select-collection-of-the-print-heckel/ | title=Drawing | publisher=[[Victoria and Albert Museum]] | accessdate=3 November 2012}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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Richard Edgcumbe, ''The art of the Gold Chaser'', [[Oxford University Press]], 2000, pp.56-58 |
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==References== |
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[[Category: 1770 deaths]] |
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[[Category: German engravers]] |
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Revision as of 21:11, 3 November 2012
Augustin Heckel (1690 - 1770)[1] was a painter, watch case engraver and draughtsman. He was born in Augsburg, Germany in a family of goldsmiths. As a young man, he came to London and made his career in England. He died on 20 August 1770 in Richmond, Surrey[2] where he had retired in 1746.[3] He had a second skill as a flower painter in watercolours and gouache, and published two books of flower etchings of his own designs, "The Lady's drawing book" in 1755, and "The Florist" in 1759. An album of his drawings is held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.[4]
His "A West View of Richmond etc. in Surrey from the Star and Garter on the Hill", published in 1752, became widely known after being engraved by Charles Grignion the Elder.[3][5]
The British Museum holds two prints by John June after Augustine Heckel: "Harrowing the Ground" and "Laying the Ground smooth & even for the Rice, by a second Harrowing", dating from about 1775.[6]
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds: Heckel's "A New Book of Sheilds [sic] usefull for all sorts of Artificers", an etching on paper dating from 1752;[7] a gold box engraved by Heckel;[1] a drawing of a design, dating from about 1740, for a cartouche with an acanthus leaf architechtonic frame surmounted by vases and supported by a caryatid in the form of a winged putto;[8]and a print from 1750-70, A Select Collection of the most beautiful Flowers, Drawn after Nature by A. Heckell; disposed in their proper Order in Baskets: Intended either for Ornament or the Improvement of Ladies in Drawing and Needlework".[9]
Bibliography
Richard Edgcumbe, The art of the Gold Chaser, Oxford University Press, 2000, pp.56-58
References
- ^ a b "Box". Search the Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Biographical details: Augustin Heckel". British Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ a b "The View from Richmond Hill" (PDF). Local History Notes. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Biographical details: Augustin Heckel". British Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Government Art Collection". Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Harrowing the Ground". British Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "A New Book of Sheilds (sic) usefull for all sorts of Artificers". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Drawing". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Drawing". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 3 November 2012.