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1805–81, English landscape watercolorist, etcher, and mystic. Under the influence of William Blake he produced in sepia a series of remarkable visio...
1782–1874, English engraver, founder of modern landscape engraving. As an illustrator for popular art annuals, he executed plates for landscapes by ...
(p ´t r z ´môn pä´läs) (KEY) , 1741–1811, German naturalist and explorer. He became (1768) professor at the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersbur...
(p zän l´l ) (KEY) , c.1395–1455?, Italian medalist, painter, and draftsman of the early Renaissance. He was also called Vittore Pisano, but his r...
1846–1919, American astronomer and physicist, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.S., 1865); brother of W. H. Pickering. He was professor of physics (1868â€...
(j vän´n äntô´ny d p rd nô´n ) (KEY) , c.1484–1539, Venetian painter. His real name was Giovanni Antonio de Sacchis. He studied in Venice ...