Anthony Cardon

Anthony Cardon (1772–1813) was a Flemish engraver in chalk or stipple, who made his career in England and became a noted for his illustrations in books.

Life

Anthony Cardon was born in Brussels in around 1772. He was the son and pupil of a Flemish painter, Antoine Alexandre Joseph Cardon (1765-) and took prizes at the Academy in Brussels. During the troubles in the Low Countries preceding the Flanders Campaign of 1793, Cardon, aged 17 years, went to England, with a letter of introduction to Paul Colnaghi, who gave him employment. He became known for his engravings of book illustrations.^[1]

He was an early member of the Chalcographic Society and a member of the Society of the Encouragement of the Arts and received their gold medal for his Battle of Alexandria in 1807. ^[2]

Cardon studied three years under his friend Luigi Schiavonetti. He was a stipple engraver with a high reputation, and died on 17 February 1813, in London Street, Fitzroy Square. His son, Philip Cardon, was trained as an engraver, drew in Indian work, and died about 1817.^[1]

Plates from the Cries of London series

• 
  "Do you want any Matches?" from Cries of London by Anthony Cardon, 1794
• 
  "Round & Sound Five Pence Pound Duke Cherries," from Cries of London by Anthony Cardon, 1794
• 
  "A New Love Song only ha'penny a piece," from of Cries of London by Anthony Cardon, 1796

Works

Ann Moore of Tutbury, 1812 engraving by Anthony Cardon

In 1807 Cardon received the gold medal of the Society of Arts for his engraving of the Battle of Alexandria, after Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg. He also engraved:^[1]

• The Battle of Maida, after De Loutherbourg;
• Plates of the Campaign against Tippoo Sahib;
• The Presentation of Catharine of France to Henry V of England, after Thomas Stothard;
• Salvator Mundi, after Carlo Dolci;
• The Woman taken in Adultery, after Rubens;
• The Rustic Minstrel, Innocent Captivation, and The Storming of Seringapatam, after Henry Singleton.
• Cries of London - a series of engravings of street life and street vendors

Cardon also engraved portraits of George III and prominent contemporaries.^[1]

Notes

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Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Cardon, Anthony". Dictionary of National Biography. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.