George Bickham the younger (ca. 1704 – 1771)

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Engraving for the song "The Grateful Lover", 1737

George Bickham the Younger (c. 1706–1771) was an English etcher and engraver, a printseller, and one of the first English caricaturists. He produced didactic publications, political caricatures, and pornographical prints.

He used at least three pseudonyms:[1]

  • Cotin, E
  • Ramano, M
  • Richardson, George.

He was the son of the engraver George Bickham the Elder (1684–1758), who published the Universal Penman (1733–41).[2]

References

  1. ^ "George Bickham the Younger | British Museum". Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ Louis Alexander Fagan (1886). "Bickham, George (d.1758)" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Caricature, 1746: A tailor made from his own tools, including irons for feet, a thimble for a hat, a cabbage for a head and scissors for genitals
Caricature, 1746: A tailor made from his own tools, including irons for feet, a thimble for a hat, a cabbage for a head and scissors for genitals
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