Letters to Edmund Evans, ca. 1855-1910

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Letters to Edmund Evans, ca. 1855-1910

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Edmund Evans (1826-1905) was a color engraver. After his death, the business was carried on by his sons Edmund, Wilfred and Herbert. The collection consists of letters to Edmund Evans, mostly in his capacity as a wood-engraver and color printer, letters to his son, Edmund Wilfred Evans, and one small black album containing fragments of autographs of various people.

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905

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Evans was born Feb. 23, 1826 in Southwark, London, England; at 13 years old, he became reading boy at Samuel Bentley's, printers in Shoe Lane; in 1840 he was apprenticed to wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells; started business as wood-engraver, first on Fleet St. and later on Racquet Court; became known as color engraver, printing The poems of Oliver Goldsmith (1858) and A chronicle of England (1864); color-printed children's books by Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Kate Greenaway; retired in ...