Alexander Hay Ritchie
Alexander Hay Ritchie | |
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Born |
1822 Glasgow, United Kingdom |
Died | 1895 |
Education | Sir William Allan |
Known for | engraving |
Notable work | Sherman's March to the Sea (1868) |
Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822–1895) was an artist and engraver. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and studied in the UK under Sir William Allan, before moving to New York in 1841. He specialised in mezzotints.
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- Alexander Hay Ritchie at the Bridgeman Art Library
- Smithsonian Institution: engraving by Ritchie of the first reading of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
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