James Merigot

Place: Paris

Born: 1760

Death: 1824

Biography:

James Merigot, also known as Jacques Mérigot or Jacques-François Mérigot II, was a French engraver and publisher born in Paris in 1760. He was the son of Jacques-François Mérigot I, a Parisian publisher. Merigot pursued most of his career in London and was known for his work in aquatints. He produced 20 aquatints from John Warwick Smith's watercolours to illustrate 'Views of the Lakes of Cumberland' (1791-1795). He also did the engravings for 'A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity' (1815) and wrote an artists' manual for amateurs in 1821. Merigot died in 1824.