- Llewellyn Jewitt
Llewellyn Frederick William Jewitt (
24 November 1816 Kimberworth ,Rotherham -5 June 1886 The Hollies,Duffield ), was a noted illustrator, engraver, natural scientist and author of "The Ceramic Art of Great Britain" (1878). His output was prodigious and covered a large range of interests.Llewellyn was the seventeenth and final child of artist, author and schoolmaster
Arthur Jewitt and his wife Martha. His education, largely from his father, who was master at Kimberworth Endowed School, started inDuffield ,Derbyshire .On Christmas Day of 1838 he married Elizabeth Sage, daughter of Isaac Sage of Derby, hurriedly returning to London the same day so as not to fall behind in his work.
From 1839 to 1845 he was employed by the engraver
Frederick William Fairholt , to illustrate the works of Charles Knight, and contribute to the Pictorial Times, the Saturday Magazine, theIllustrated London News and Punch. He worked atBuckingham Palace in 1845, sketching the palace rooms in preparation for a work on "London Interiors".Between 1849 and 1853 he was the head librarian of
Plymouth Public Library after which he returned toDerbyshire to edit the "Derby Telegraph". He founded the antiquarian journal "The Reliquary" of which he was editor until his death in 1886.Jewitt belonged to the
British Archaeological Association and helped found theDerbyshire Archaeological Society in 1878. [ [http://www.aboutderbyshire.co.uk/cms/people/llewellyn-jewitt-derbyshi.shtml Llewellyn Jewitt - Derbyshire Genius (Tom Bates Derbyshire Peak District Author, Writer, Poet) ] ] He was a Fellow of theSociety of Antiquaries , wrote numerous articles on English antiquities and topography, and edited the tourist handbook "Black's Guide to Derbyshire" (1872). [ [http://www.derbyshireuk.net/derbyshire_artists2.html Derbyshire Artists - Artists with Derbyshire connections ] ]Books
*"The Stately Homes of England" Jewitt, L. and Hall, SC (Philadelphia 1878) 2 vols.
External links
* [http://www.winster.org/History/Newsletters/Newsletter12.pdf Winster Local History Group newsletter 12]
* [http://www.winster.org/History/Newsletters/Newsletter21.pdf Winster Local History Group newsletter 21]References
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