NORTH AMERICA MAP by ANDREW BELL ENGRAVER c.1770 ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA 1st Edition 1768-1771 EDINBURGH

bloGspOt PeterHelm 2016 dweed 2051 https://twitter.com/PeterHelm12/status/1762067250540933160 ‘Five hundred and forty-two copperplates’ : Andrew Bell’s illustrations for the Encyclopaedia Britannica 1771-1797 Ann Gunn Published 2017 Andrew Bell (1725/6–1809) is best known as the co-founder and co-publisher with Colin Macfarquhar of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It is less often noted that he was also the sole provider of images for the earliest editions. He was apprenticed to the engraver Richard Cooper and in turn trained other engravers; he has been described as ‘the most influential Scottish engraver after Richard Cooper.’1 However, most of his output was for book illustration and his work is little known beyond the confines of book scholarship. Examining the sources and production of the plates for the Encyclopaedia, this article will highlight Bell’s contribution to the development of printmaking in Scotland in the 18th century. This paper emerged from a larger project, a research workshop project funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, investigating Scottish printmaking in the 18th century.

NORTH AMERICA

Copper Engraving

by

ANDREW BELL

c.1770

Plate XII

Encyclopedia Britannica

1st Edition

1768-1771

ZOOM

MEXICO or NEW SPAIN

&

GULF of MEXICO

Plate XII

Encyclopedia Britannica

1st Edition

1768-1771

EDINBURGH

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

1st Edition

3 vols.

with 160 engraved plates

by Andrew Bell

1768-1771

EDINBURGH