Charles George Lewis


Charles George Lewis was a British printmaker.

Life

The second son of Frederick Christian Lewis, and brother of John Frederick Lewis, he was born in Enfield, Middlesex. He was instructed in drawing and engraving by his father.
Lewis retired in about 1877, and died suddenly from apoplexy at his residence at Felpham, near Bognor, on 16 June 1880. He was buried in Felpham churchyard.

Works

Lewis had a facility in etching, and in combining line engraving, stipple, and mezzotint.
Many of his best-known plates were after the works of Sir Edwin Landseer. The earliest of these was Hafed, published in 1837. Besides these were smaller plates after works of Landseer, most of which had previously been engraved by Thomas Landseer and others. His etchings after Landseer began with To-ho! published in 1830, and included the set of eight plates of The Mothers.
Lewis engraved also some plates after Rosa Bonheur. His works after other painters included:
and several historical plates after Thomas Jones Barker.