Samuel Bellin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 13-May-1799
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 29-Apr-1893
Profession: visual artist
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Samuel Bellin
- Samuel Bellin (13 May 1799 – 29 April 1893) was an English printmaker and engraver. He was the son of John Bellin of Chigwell, Essex, and born at Doctors' Commons in London.
- He trained under the Huguenot James Basire the younger (1769-1822) before spending several years in Rome, where he came to know J.
- M.
- W.
- Turner, Frederick Catherwood and Bertel Thorvaldsen.
- While in Rome he made some excellent copies of celebrated pictures, and acquired great facility as a draughtsman. On his return to England, about 1834, he devoted himself to engraving, and became one of the leading workers in mezzotint and the mixed method.
- His plates, which are all from pictures by popular English painters of the day, include 'The Meeting of the Council of the Anti-Corn Law League,' after J.
- R.
- Herbert; 'Heather Belles,' after John Phillip; 'The Council of War in the Crimea,' after Augustus Egg; 'The Gentle Warning,' after Frank Stone; 'The Heart's Resolve,' and 'The Momentous Question,' after Sarah Setchell; 'Milton composing "Samson Agonistes,"' after J.
- C.
- Horsley; 'Opening of the Great Exhibition of 1851,' after H.
- C.
- Selous; 'Salutation to the Aged Friars,' after C.
- L.
- Eastlake; 'Dr.
- Johnson's Visit to Garrick,' after E.
- M.
- Ward; and portraits of Albert, Prince Consort, Lord John Russell, and the M.P.
- Joseph Hume.
- He produced his last plate in 1870, when he retired from the profession.
- Bellin drew and etched on three plates a panoramic view of Rome from Monte Pincio, which he published, with a dedication to Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, in 1835.
- He was an original member of the Graphic Society.
- He died at his house in Regent's Park Road, London, on 29 April 1893.
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