Charles Grignion the Younger

George Farmer, drawn by Charles Grignion the Younger, National Portrait Gallery, 1778

Charles Grignion the Younger (1754–1804) was a British history and portrait painter and engraver.

Biography

Grignion was born in London. His father was the engraver Charles Grignion the Elder. He studied in France at Hubert-François Gravelot's school in Covent Garden. He also engraved the earliest record of a cricket match, published in the General Advertiser in 1748. He died in Livorno after a short illness and was buried there in the Old English Cemetery ^[1]

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 14553867 LCCN: no2007083420 ULAN: 500025909 RKD: 33832

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