Blakey, Nicholas
Nicholas Blakey (? - 1758) was an Irish-born draughtsman and engraver. He specialized in book illustrations, usually on historical themes. His early life is not known, but studied in Paris at the end of the 1740s. He collaborated with several artists and engravers, including Simon François Ravenet. Blakey died in Paris in 1758.
Britannia Propositions Persia With Intercourse.
Britannia and Persia.
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This attractive, charming engraving was the frontispiece to Jonas Hanway's An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea an account of his journey from Russia to Persia and an exhaustive collection of the journals of other travelers to the region. The book supported British efforts to establish trade with the Persian Empire and this frontispiece visually sets the tone of the work. (more details)